20Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and you say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.


In Context

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 he whom you now have is not your husband: in that said you truly.

19 The woman said to him, Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet.

20 Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and you say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.

21 Jesus said to her, Woman, believe me, the hour comes, when you shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.

22 You worship you know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.

John 4:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:20Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:20Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:20Our fathers adored on this mountain, and you say, that at Jerusalem is the place where men must adore.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:20Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:20Our fathers worshipped in this mountain, and ye say that in Jerusalem is the place where one must worship.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:20Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:20Our fathers worshiped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:20Our fathers worshiped in this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:20our fathers in this mountain did worship, and ye — ye say that in Jerusalem is the place where it behoveth to worship.'