John 4:17-27

¹⁷“I have no husband,” answered the woman. “You are right in saying ‘I have no husband,’” replied Jesus,

¹⁸“For you have had five husbands, and the man with whom you are now living is not your husband; in saying that, you have spoken the truth.”

¹⁹“I see, Sir, that you are a prophet!” exclaimed the woman.

²⁰“It was on this mountain that our ancestors worshiped; and yet you Jews say that the proper place for worship is in Jerusalem.”

²¹“Believe me,” replied Jesus, “a time is coming when it will be neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem that you will worship the Father.

²²You Samaritans do not know what you worship; we know what we worship, for salvation comes from the Jews.

²³But a time is coming, indeed it is already here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father spiritually and truly; for such are the worshipers that the Father desires.

²⁴God is Spirit; and those who worship him must worship spiritually and truly.”

²⁵“I know,” answered the woman, “that the Messiah, who is called the Christ, is coming; when once he has come, he will tell us everything.”

²⁶“I am he,” Jesus said to her, “I who am speaking to you.”

²⁷At this moment his disciples came up, and were surprised to find him talking with a woman; but none of them asked ‘What do you want?’ or ‘Why are you talking with her?’