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20 Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship."
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Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem.”
21 Jesus said to her, "Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father.
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“Woman,” Jesus replied, “believe me, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.
22 You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews.
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You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.
23 But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people 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 tell 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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