Our fathers worshiped in this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship.”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
John 4:20 in context
John 4:17–23
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The woman answered, “I have no husband.”
Jesus said to her, “You said well, ‘I have no husband,’
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for you have had five husbands; and he whom you now have is not your husband. This you have said truly.”
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The woman said to him, “Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet.
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Our fathers worshiped in this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship.”
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Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither in this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father.
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You worship that which you don’t know. We worship that which we know; for salvation is from the Jews.
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But the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such to be his worshipers.
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