15. “Please, sir,” the woman said, “give me this water! Then I’ll never be thirsty again, and I won’t have to come here to get water.”
16. “Go and get your husband,” Jesus told her.
17. “I don’t have a husband,” the woman replied.Jesus said, “You’re right! You don’t have a husband—
18. for you have had five husbands, and you aren’t even married to the man you’re living with now. You certainly spoke the truth!”
19. “Sir,” the woman said, “you must be a prophet.
20. So tell me, why is it that you Jews insist that Jerusalem is the only place of worship, while we Samaritans claim it is here at Mount Gerizim, where our ancestors worshiped?”
21. Jesus replied, “Believe me, dear woman, the time is coming when it will no longer matter whether you worship the Father on this mountain or in Jerusalem.
22. You Samaritans know very little about the one you worship, while we Jews know all about him, for salvation comes through the Jews.