John 4:20 - The Scriptures 1998

²⁰ “Our fathers worshipped on this mountain, but you people say that in Yerushalayim is the place where one needs 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."

John 4:20 Cross References

1 Kings 9:3

And יהוה  said to him, “I have heard your prayer and your supplication that you have made before Me. I have set this house apart which you have built to put My Name there forever, and My eyes and My heart shall always be there.

1 Chronicles 21:26

And Dawiḏ

1 Chronicles 22:1

Dawiḏ

2 Chronicles 6:6

‘But I have chosen Yerushalayim, for My Name to be there. And I have chosen Dawiḏ

2 Chronicles 7:12

And יהוה  appeared to Shelomoh by night, and said to him, “I have heard your prayer, and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of slaughtering.

2 Chronicles 7:16

“And now, I have chosen and set this house apart for My Name to be there forever. And My eyes and My heart shall always be there.

Psalm 132:13

For יהוה  has chosen Tsiyon, He has desired it for His dwelling:

Psalm 78:68

But chose the tribe of Yehuḏ

Isaiah 66:1

Thus said יהוה, “The heavens are My throne, and the earth is My footstool. Where is this house that you build for Me? And where is this place of My rest?

Luke 9:53

And they did not receive Him, because His face was set for the journey to Yerushalayim.

John 4:12

“Are You greater than our father Yaʽ

Deuteronomy 11:29

‘And it shall be, when יהוה  your Elohim has brought you into the land which you go to possess, that you shall put the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ě

Deuteronomy 27:12

“These are to stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people, when you have passed over the Yardĕ