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The woman answered and said, "I have no husband." Jesus said to her, "You have well said, 'I have no husband,'
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for you have had five husbands, and the one whom you now have is not your husband; in that you spoke truly."
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The woman said to Him, "Sir, I perceive that You are a prophet.
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Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where one ought to worship."
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Jesus said to her, "Woman, believe Me, the hour is coming when you will neither on this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, worship the Father.
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You worship what you do not know; we know what we worship, for salvation is of the Jews.
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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.
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God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth."
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The woman said to Him, "I know that Messiah is coming" (who is called Christ). "When He comes, He will tell us all things."
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Jesus said to her, "I who speak to you am He."
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And at this point His disciples came, and they marveled that He talked with a woman; yet no one said, "What do You seek?" or, "Why are You talking with her?"
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The woman then left her waterpot, went her way into the city, and said to the men,
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"Come, see a Man who told me all things that I ever did. Could this be the Christ?"
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Then they went out of the city and came to Him.
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In the meantime His disciples urged Him, saying, "Rabbi, eat."
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But He said to them, "I have food to eat of which you do not know."
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Therefore the disciples said to one another, "Has anyone brought Him anything to eat?"
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Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to finish His work.
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Do you not say, 'There are still four months and then comes the harvest'? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are already white for harvest!
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And he who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit for eternal life, that both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together.
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For in this the saying is true: 'One sows and another reaps.'