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,
29. “Come see a man who told me everything I have done. Could he possibly be the Messiah?”