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21 Jesus told her, “Believe me, dear lady,[a] the hour is coming when you Samaritans[b] will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. 22 You don’t know what you’re worshiping. We Jews[c] know what we’re worshiping, because salvation comes from the Jews. 23 Yet the time is coming, and is now here, when true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit[d] and truth. Indeed, the Father is looking for people like that to worship him. 24 God is spirit,[e] and those who worship him must worship in spirit[f] and truth.”

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Footnotes

  1. John 4:21 Or me, woman
  2. John 4:21 The Gk. lacks Samaritans
  3. John 4:22 The Gk. lacks Jews
  4. John 4:23 Or in the Spirit
  5. John 4:24 Or Spirit
  6. John 4:24 Or in the Spirit