John 4:16–18 (KJV)
Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.
The woman answered and said, I have no husband.
Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband:
For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly.
Beneath the midday blaze at Jacob’s well,
A weary woman drew her daily need,
Five husbands gone, one more her heart could tell—
Yet shame had taught her noonward steps to speed.
The Stranger asked, “Go call thy husband near,”
Not to expose, but knowing every scar;
He named her hidden life without a sneer,
And offered streams where living waters are.
No condemnation fell from lips divine,
No barrier rose where grace began to flow;
Her jar forgotten, boldness filled her line:
“Come, see a Man who all my secrets know!”
Thus sin’s dark weight is carried off in streams—
Look not within, but fix on Him who redeems.