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


In Context

17 "I have no husband," she replied.

18 Jesus said to her, "You are right when you say you have no husband. The fact is, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. What you have just said is quite true."

19 "Sir," the woman said, "I can see that you are a prophet.

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

21 Jesus declared, "Believe me, woman, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.

22 You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from 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 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.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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