Jesus
said to her, “Woman, believe Me, the hour is coming when you will neither on
this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, worship the Father. You worship what you do not know; we know
what we worship, for salvation is of the Jews.
But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will
worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to
worship Him. God is Spirit, and those
who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.” (John 4:21-24)
By
mentioning the two different worship sites (John 4:20), the woman at the well was
perhaps trying to shift the conversation away from the subject of her own sins
to theological questions. Or perhaps she realized that she was a sinner (John
4:18), and knew that she was required to offer a sacrifice.
