23. Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshippers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshippers the Father seeks.
24. God is spirit, and his worshippers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.’
25. The woman said, ‘I know that Messiah’ (called Christ) ‘is coming. When he comes, he will explain everything to us.’
26. Then Jesus declared, ‘I, the one speaking to you – I am he.’
27. Just then his disciples returned and were surprised to find him talking with a woman. But no one asked, ‘What do you want?’ or ‘Why are you talking with her?’
28. Then, leaving her water jar, the woman went back to the town and said to the people,
29. ‘Come, see a man who told me everything I’ve ever done. Could this be the Messiah?’