15 (A)The woman said to Him, “Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come here to draw.”

16 Jesus said to her, “Go, call your husband, and come here.”

17 The woman answered and said, “I have no husband.”

Jesus said to her, “You have well said, ‘I have no husband,’ 18 for you have had five husbands, and the one whom you now have is not your husband; in that you spoke truly.”

19 The woman said to Him, “Sir, (B)I perceive that You are a prophet. 20 Our fathers worshiped on (C)this mountain, and you Jews say that in (D)Jerusalem is the place where one ought to worship.”

21 Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe Me, the hour is coming (E)when you will neither on this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, worship the Father. 22 You worship (F)what you do not know; we know what we worship, for (G)salvation is of the Jews. 23 But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will (H)worship the Father in (I)spirit (J)and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. 24 (K)God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”

25 The woman said to Him, “I know that Messiah (L)is coming” (who is called Christ). “When He comes, (M)He will tell us all things.”

26 Jesus said to her, (N)“I who speak to you am He.

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