John 4:9

⁹Then the woman of Samaria said to Him, “How is it that You, being a Jew, ask a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.c

John 4 opens with Jesus leaving Judea for Galilee, passing through Samaria—a journey most Jews avoided. At Jacob's well, he engages a Samaritan woman in a conversation that dismantles ethnic, religious, and gender barriers. He offers her “living water,” reveals her personal history,