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.
24. God is spirit, and it is necessary to worship God in spirit and truth."
25. The woman said, "I know that the Messiah is coming, the one who is called the Christ. When he comes, he will teach everything to us."
26. Jesus said to her, "I Am—the one who speaks with you."