Bad Girls of the Bible: The Samaritan Woman at the Well – The Outsider Who Spoke Truth

If you grew up in church, you probably remember the Samaritan woman from John 4—the one who meets Jesus at a well, has “five husbands,” and is living with a man who isn’t her husband. Cue the Sunday School whisper: immoral… loose… fallen.

For centuries, she’s been branded the small-town scandal, the woman with a past. The sermons practically write themselves: Don’t be like her, girls.

But here’s the kicker: the text itself never calls her sinful. Not once.