New American Standard Bible

John 4:18-28 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

18. for you have had five husbands, and the one whom you now have is not your husband; this you have said truly."

19. The woman said to Him, "Sir, I perceive that You are a prophet.

20. Our fathers worshiped in this mountain, and you people say that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship."

21. Jesus said to her, "Woman, believe Me, an hour is coming when neither in this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father.

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

23. But an hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for such people the Father seeks to be His worshipers.

24. God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth."

25. The woman said to Him, "I know that Messiah is coming (He who is called Christ); when that One comes, He will declare all things to us."

26. Jesus said to her, "I who speak to you am He."

27. At this point His disciples came, and they were amazed that He had been speaking with a woman, yet no one said, "What do You seek?" or, "Why do You speak with her?"

28. So the woman left her waterpot, and went into the city and said to the men,