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John 4:13-23 Common English Bible (CEB)

13. Jesus answered, "Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again,

14. but whoever drinks from the water that I will give will never be thirsty again. The water that I give will become in those who drink it a spring of water that bubbles up into eternal life."

15. The woman said to him, "Sir, give me this water, so that I will never be thirsty and will never need to come here to draw water!"

16. Jesus said to her, "Go, get your husband, and come back here."

17. The woman replied, "I don’t have a husband." "You are right to say, ‘I don’t have a husband,’" Jesus answered.

18. "You’ve had five husbands, and the man you are with now isn’t your husband. You’ve spoken the truth."

19. The woman said, "Sir, I see that you are a prophet.

20. Our ancestors worshipped on this mountain, but you and your people say that it is necessary to worship in Jerusalem."

21. Jesus said to her, "Believe me, woman, the time is coming when you and your people will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.

22. You and your people worship what you don’t know; we worship what we know because salvation is from the Jews.

23. But the time is coming—and is here!—when true worshippers will worship in spirit and truth. The Father looks for those who worship him this way.

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