King James Version KJV
New International Version NIV
20 Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men 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 saith unto her,Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, 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 Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of 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 cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such 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 a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
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God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.”
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