John 4:20

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Our ancestors worshipped on this mountain,  but you Jews say that the place to worship is in Jerusalem.’

Cross References

Deuteronomy 27:12

‘When you have crossed the Jordan, these tribes will stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin.

Deuteronomy 11:29

When the Lord your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess, you are to proclaim the blessing at Mount Gerizim and the curse at Mount Ebal.

2 Chronicles 7:12

Then the Lord appeared to Solomon at night and said to him: I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for myself as a temple of sacrifice.

Luke 9:53

But they did not welcome him, because he determined to journey to Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 7:16

And I have now chosen and consecrated this temple so that my name may be there for ever; my eyes and my heart will be there at all times.

2 Chronicles 6:6

But I have chosen Jerusalem so that my name will be there, and I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.’

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.’

1 Chronicles 21:26

He built an altar to the Lord there and offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. He called on the Lord, and he answered him with fire from heaven on the altar of burnt offering.

1 Kings 9:3

The Lord said to him: I have heard your prayer and petition you have made before me. I have consecrated this temple you have built, to put  my name there for ever;  my eyes and my heart will be there at all times.

Isaiah 66:1

This is what the Lord says: Heaven  is my throne, and earth is my footstool. Where could you possibly build a house for me? And where would my resting place be?

John 4:12

You aren’t greater than our father Jacob,  are you? He gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and livestock.’