John 4:20

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

My ancestors worshipped on this mountain, but you Jews say Jerusalem is the only place to worship.”

Cross References

Deuteronomy 27:12

After you cross the River Jordan, you will go to Mount Gerizim and Mount Ebal. The tribes of Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Ephraim, Manasseh, and Benjamin will go up on Mount Gerizim, where they will bless the people of Israel. The tribes of Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali will go up on Mount Ebal where they will agree to the curses.

Deuteronomy 11:29

After the LORD your God helps you take the land, you must have a ceremony where you announce his blessings from Mount Gerizim and his curses from Mount Ebal.

2 Chronicles 7:12

Some time later, the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream and said: I heard your prayer, and I have chosen this temple as the place where sacrifices will be offered to me.

Luke 9:53

But he was on his way to Jerusalem, so the people there refused to welcome him.

Psalm 132:13

You have gladly chosen Zion as your home, our LORD.

Psalm 78:68

Instead he chose the tribe of Judah, and he chose Mount Zion, the place he loves.

2 Chronicles 7:16

because it belongs to me, and this is where I will be worshipped for ever. I will never stop watching over it.

1 Chronicles 22:1

David said, “The temple of the LORD God must be built here at this threshing place. And the altar for offering sacrifices will also be here.”

1 Chronicles 21:26

David built an altar and offered sacrifices to please the LORD and sacrifices to ask his blessing. David prayed, and the LORD answered him by sending fire down on the altar.

1 Kings 9:3

The LORD said: I heard your prayer and what you asked me to do. This temple you have built is where I will be worshipped for ever. It belongs to me, and I will never stop watching over it.

Isaiah 66:1

The LORD said: Heaven is my throne; the earth is my footstool. What kind of house could you build for me? In what place will I rest?

John 4:12

Our ancestor Jacob dug this well for us, and his family and animals got water from it. Are you greater than Jacob?”