“You have correctly said, ‘I don’t have a husband,’ ” Jesus said. ¹⁸“For you’ve had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. What you have said is true.”

¹⁹“Sir,” the woman replied, “I see that you are a prophet. ²⁰Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain,^ac but you Jews say that the place to worship is in Jerusalem.”^ad

²¹Jesus told her, “Believe me, woman, an hour is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. ²²You Samaritans worship what you do not know. We worship what we do know, because salvation is from the Jews.^ae ²³But an hour is coming, and is now here,^af when the true worshipers will worship the Father in Spirit and in truth. Yes, the Father wants such people to worship him. ²⁴God is spirit,^ag and those who worship him must worship in Spirit and in truth.”^ah

²⁵The woman said to him, “I know that the Messiah^ai is coming” (who is called Christ^aj). “When he comes, he will explain everything to us.”

²⁶Jesus told her, “I, the one speaking to you, am he.”^ak

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Cross references

ac Dt 11:29–12:14; 27:3; Jos 24:1
ad Mt 23:37
ae Gn 12:1–7; Is 2:3; Mal 1:11; Mt 15:24; Jn 11:36; Rm 3:1–2; 9:4–5; 15:8–9
af Jn 5:25–29; 16:32
ag Jn 1:33; 2Th 2:10; Jd 20
ah 2Th 2:10
ai Mt 1:17; Eph 5:2
aj Ex 29:29; Jn 1:41
ak Ex 3:14; Ps 45:8; Jn 8:24