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The Book of John, Chapter 4, Verse 17

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Jesus saith unto her, ‹Go, call thy husband, and come hither.›
King James Version
The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, ‹Thou hast well said, I have no husband:›
American Standard Version
The woman answered and said unto him, I have no husband. Jesus saith unto her, Thou saidst well, I have no husband:
New English Translation
The Disciples Return Now at that very moment his disciples came back. They were shocked because he was speaking with a woman. However, no one said,“What do you want?” or“Why are you speaking with her?”
World English Bible
The woman answered, "I have no husband." Jesus said to her, "You said well, 'I have no husband,'
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‹For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly.›
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The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.
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Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.
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Jesus saith unto her, ‹Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.›
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‹Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.›
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‹But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.›
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‹God› [is] ‹a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship› [him] ‹in spirit and in truth.›
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The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.
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Jesus saith unto her, ‹I that speak unto thee am› [he].
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And upon this came his disciples, and marvelled that he talked with the woman: yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why talkest thou with her?