The Book of John, Chapter 4, Verse 23

Jesus answered and said unto her, ‹Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again:›

‹But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.›

The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw.

Jesus saith unto her, ‹Go, call thy husband, and come hither.›

The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, ‹Thou hast well said, I have no husband:›

‹For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly.›

The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.

Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.

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.›

King James Version

‹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.›

American Standard Version

But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and truth: for such doth the Father seek to be his worshippers.

New English Translation

So the disciples began to say to one another,“No one brought him anything to eat, did they?”

World English Bible

But the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such to be his worshippers.

‹God› [is] ‹a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship› [him] ‹in spirit and in truth.›

The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.

Jesus saith unto her, ‹I that speak unto thee am› [he].

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?

The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men,

Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?

Then they went out of the city, and came unto him.

In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat.

But he said unto them, ‹I have meat to eat that ye know not of.›

Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought him [ought] to eat?