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19 The woman said to him, “Sir, I can see that you are a prophet.(A) 20 Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain;[a] but you people say that the place to worship is in Jerusalem.”(B) 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.

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Footnotes

  1. 4:20 This mountain: Gerizim, on which a temple was erected in the fourth century B.C. by Samaritans to rival Mount Zion in Jerusalem; cf. Dt 27:4 (Mount Ebal = the Jews’ term for Gerizim).