17. The woman answered, I have no husband. Jesus said to her, You have spoken truly in saying, I have no husband.
18. For you have had five husbands, and the man you are now living with is not your husband. In this you have spoken truly.
19. The woman said to Him, Sir, I see and understand that You are a prophet.
20. Our forefathers worshiped on this mountain, but you [Jews] say that Jerusalem is the place where it is necessary and proper to worship.
21. Jesus said to her, Woman, believe Me, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither [merely] in this mountain nor [merely] in Jerusalem.
22. You [Samaritans] do not know what you are worshiping [you worship what you do not comprehend]. We do know what we are worshiping [we worship what we have knowledge of and understand], for [after all] salvation comes from [among] the Jews.
23. A time will come, however, indeed it is already here, when the true (genuine) worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth (reality); for the Father is seeking just such people as these as His worshipers.
24. God is a Spirit (a spiritual Being) and those who worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth (reality).
25. The woman said to Him, I know that Messiah is coming, He Who is called the Christ (the Anointed One); and when He arrives, He will tell us everything we need to know and make it clear to us.
26. Jesus said to her, I Who now speak with you am He.
27. Just then His disciples came and they wondered (were surprised, astonished) to find Him talking with a woman [a married woman]. However, not one of them asked Him, What are You inquiring about? or What do You want? or, Why do You speak with her?
28. Then the woman left her water jar and went away to the town. And she began telling the people,
29. Come, see a Man Who has told me everything that I ever did! Can this be [is not this] the Christ? [Must not this be the Messiah, the Anointed One?]
30. So the people left the town and set out to go to Him.