22. You [Samaritans] do not know what you are worshiping [you worship what you do not comprehend]. We do know what we are worshiping [we worship what we have knowledge of and understand], for [after all] salvation comes from [among] the Jews.
23. A time will come, however, indeed it is already here, when the true (genuine) worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth (reality); for the Father is seeking just such people as these as His worshipers.
24. God is a Spirit (a spiritual Being) and those who worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth (reality).
25. The woman said to Him, I know that Messiah is coming, He Who is called the Christ (the Anointed One); and when He arrives, He will tell us everything we need to know and make it clear to us.
26. Jesus said to her, I Who now speak with you am He.
27. Just then His disciples came and they wondered (were surprised, astonished) to find Him talking with a woman [a married woman]. However, not one of them asked Him, What are You inquiring about? or What do You want? or, Why do You speak with her?
28. Then the woman left her water jar and went away to the town. And she began telling the people,
29. Come, see a Man Who has told me everything that I ever did! Can this be [is not this] the Christ? [Must not this be the Messiah, the Anointed One?]
30. So the people left the town and set out to go to Him.
31. Meanwhile, the disciples urged Him saying, Rabbi, eat something.
32. But He assured them, I have food (nourishment) to eat of which you know nothing and have no idea.