John 4:20 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ Our forefathers worshiped on this mountain, but you [Jews] say that Jerusalem is the place where it is necessary and proper to worship.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

²⁰ Our ancestors worshipped on this mountain, but you and your people say that it is necessary to worship in Jerusalem.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ Our fathers worshipped on this mountain, but you say that Jerusalem is the place where one ought to worship."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

John 4:20 Cross References

1 Kings 9:3

And the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.

1 Chronicles 21:26

And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called upon the LORD; and he answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt offering.

1 Chronicles 22:1

Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of burnt offering for Israel.

2 Chronicles 6:6

but I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.

2 Chronicles 7:12

And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for an house of sacrifice.

2 Chronicles 7:16

For now have I chosen and hallowed this house, that my name may be there for ever: and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.

Psalm 132:13

For the LORD hath chosen Zion; He hath desired it for his habitation.

Psalm 78:68

But chose the tribe of Judah, The mount Zion which he loved.

Isaiah 66:1

Thus saith the LORD; The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: what manner of house will ye build unto me? and what place shall be my rest?

Luke 9:53

And they did not receive him, because his face was as though he were going to Jerusalem.

John 4:12

Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his sons, and his cattle?

Deuteronomy 11:29

And it shall come to pass, when the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, that thou shalt set the blessing upon mount Gerizim, and the curse upon mount Ebal.

Deuteronomy 27:12

These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are passed over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin: