John 4:24

God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”

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In The King James Version

God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

In Context

23But the time will come, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship Abba Father in spirit and truth, for Abba Father seeks such to be his worshipers.

25The woman said to him, “I know that Messiah [Anointed one] comes, he who is called Messiah [Anointed one]. When he has come, he will declare to us all things.”

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Cross References

Psalms 50:13Will I eat the meat of bulls, 2 or drink the blood of goats? 1

Psalms 51:17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. 2 A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. 1

Isaiah 57:15For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, 2 whose name is Holy: 1 “I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, 2 to revive the spirit of the humble, 2 and to revive the heart of the contrite. 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 →

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