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23 But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for such the Father seeks to worship him.
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Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks.
24 God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth."
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God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.”
25 The woman said to him, "I know that Messiah is coming (he who is called Christ); when he comes, he will show us all things."
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The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When he comes, he will explain everything to us.”
26 Jesus said to her, "I who speak to you am he."
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Then Jesus declared, “I, the one speaking to you—I am he.”
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