John 4:15–26

¹⁵“Sir,” the woman said to Him, “give me this water so I won’t get thirsty and come here to draw water.”

¹⁶“Go call your husband,” He told her, “and come back here.”

¹⁷“I don’t have a husband,” she answered.

“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 fathers worshiped on this mountain, ^rsyet you Jews say that the place to worship is in Jerusalem.” ^t

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 ^uworship what you do not know. We worship what we do know, because salvation is from the Jews. ^v23But an hour is coming, and is now here, ^wwhen the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth. Yes, the Father wants such people to worship Him. ²⁴God is spirit, ^xand those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.” ^y

²⁵The woman said to Him, “I know that Messiah ^zais coming” (who is called Christ ^b). “When He comes, He will explain everything to us.”

²⁶“I am He,” ^cJesus told her, “the One speaking to you.”