John 4:23
But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
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In Context
22Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.
24God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
Cross References
Joshua 24:14Now therefore fear the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the Lord.
1 Chronicles 29:17I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.
Psalms 32:2Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, 1 And in whose spirit there is no guile. 1
Psalms 147:11The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him, 1 In those that hope in his mercy. 1
Song of Solomon 2:14O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, 1 Let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; 1 For sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely. 1
Isaiah 10:20And it shall come to pass in that day, 1 That the remnant of Israel, 1 And such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, 1 Shall no more again stay upon him that smote them; 1 But shall stay upon the Lord, 1 The Holy One of Israel, in truth. 1
Matthew Henry on John 4:5-27
Christ at the Well of Samaria. 4 And he must needs go through Samaria. 5 Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. 6 Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour. 7 There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink. 8 (For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.) 9 Then saith the woman of Samaria… Read the whole commentary →