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18 For you have had five husbands, and the one you have now is not your husband. What you have said is true.”(A) 19 The woman said to him, “Sir, I can see that you are a prophet.(B) 20 Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain;[a] but you people say that the place to worship is in Jerusalem.”(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 4:20 This mountain: Gerizim, on which a temple was erected in the fourth century B.C. by Samaritans to rival Mount Zion in Jerusalem; cf. Dt 27:4 (Mount Ebal = the Jews’ term for Gerizim).

18 The fact is, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. What you have just said is quite true.”

19 “Sir,” the woman said, “I can see that you are a prophet.(A) 20 Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain,(B) but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem.”(C)

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