John 4:19-29

English Standard Version

¹⁹ The woman said to him, “Sir, I perceive that ^(A)you are ^(B)a prophet. ^20 (C)Our fathers worshiped on ^(D)this mountain, but you say that ^(E)in Jerusalem is ^(F)the place where people ought to worship.” ²¹ Jesus said to her, ^(G)“Woman, believe me, ^(H)the hour is coming when ^(I)neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. ^22 (J)You worship what you do not know; ^(K)we worship what we know, for ^(L)salvation is ^(M)from the Jews. ²³ But ^(N)the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father ^(O)in spirit and ^(P)truth, for the Father ^(Q)is seeking such people to worship him. ²⁴ God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.” ²⁵ The woman said to him, “I know that ^(R)Messiah is coming (he who is called Christ). When he comes, ^(S)he will tell us all things.” ²⁶ Jesus said to her, ^(T)“I who speak to you am he.”

²⁷ Just then ^(U)his disciples came back. They marveled that he was talking with a woman, but no one said, “What do you seek?” or, “Why are you talking with her?” ²⁸ So the woman left her water jar and went away into town and said to the people, ²⁹ “Come, see a man ^(V)who told me all that I ever did. Can this be the Christ?”