15. The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water, so that I may not be thirsty or have to keep coming here to draw water.”
16. Jesus said to her, “Go call your husband and come back.”
17. The woman answered and said to him, “I do not have a husband.” Jesus answered her, “You are right in saying, ‘I do not have a husband.’
18. For you have had five husbands, and the one you have now is not your husband. What you have said is true.”
19. The woman said to him, “Sir, I can see that you are a prophet.
20. Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain; but you people say that the place to worship is in Jerusalem.”
21. Jesus said to her, “Believe me, woman, the hour is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.
22. You people worship what you do not understand; we worship what we understand, because salvation is from the Jews.
23. But the hour is coming, and is now here, when true worshipers will worship the Father in Spirit and truth; and indeed the Father seeks such people to worship him.
24. God is Spirit, and those who worship him must worship in Spirit and truth.”
25. The woman said to him, “I know that the Messiah is coming, the one called the Anointed; when he comes, he will tell us everything.”
26. Jesus said to her, “I am he, the one who is speaking with you.”
27. At that moment his disciples returned, and were amazed that he was talking with a woman, but still no one said, “What are you looking for?” or “Why are you talking with her?”
28. The woman left her water jar and went into the town and said to the people,