Jewish religious leaders would not talk to a woman in public, let alone a Samaritan woman with a questionable reputation.
وَهٰذَا وَاضِحٌ مِنْ جَوَابِهِ حِينَ أَلَحَّ عَلَيْهِ ٱلتَّلَامِيذُ كَيْ يَأْكُلَ .‏