John 4:15–26

¹⁵The woman saith unto him, ‘Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come hither to draw.’ ¹⁶Jesus saith to her, ‘Go, call thy husband, and come hither;’ ¹⁷the woman answered and said, ‘I have not a husband.’ Jesus saith to her, ‘Well didst thou say—A husband I have not; ¹⁸for five husbands thou hast had, and, now, he whom thou hast is not thy husband; this hast thou said truly.’ ¹⁹The woman saith to him, ‘Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet; ²⁰our fathers in this mountain did worship, and ye—ye say that in Jerusalem is the place where it behoveth to worship.’ ²¹Jesus saith to her, ‘Woman, believe me, that there doth come an hour, when neither in this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, shall ye worship the Father; ²²ye worship what ye have not known; we worship what we have known, because the salvation is of the Jews; ²³but, there cometh an hour, and it now is, when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father also doth seek such to worship him; ²⁴God is a Spirit, and those worshipping Him, in spirit and truth it doth behove to worship.’ ²⁵The woman saith to him, ‘I have known that Messiah doth come, who is called Christ, when that one may come, he will tell us all things;’ ²⁶Jesus saith to her, ‘I am he, who am speaking to thee.’