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John 4:22 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews. "
John 4:22
Verse in Context
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Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.
Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.
Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.
But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
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John 4:1
"When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John,"
John 4:2
"(Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,)"
John 4:3
"He left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee."
John 4:4
"And he must needs go through Samaria."
John 4:5
"Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph."
John 4:6
"Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour."
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