John 4:20

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Our fathers worshiped on this mountain. But you Jews say that Jerusalem is the place where people must worship.”

Cross References

Deuteronomy 27:12

“After you have gone across the Jordan River, these tribes will stand on Mount Gerizim to read the blessings to the people: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin.

Deuteronomy 11:29

“The Lord your God will lead you to your land. You will soon go in and take that land. At that time you must go to the top of Mount Gerizim and read the blessings to the people from there. And then you must go to the top of Mount Ebal and read the curses to the people from there.

2 Chronicles 7:12

Then the Lord appeared to Solomon at night and said to him, “Solomon, I have heard your prayer, and I have chosen this place for myself to be a house for sacrifices.

Luke 9:53

But the people there would not welcome Jesus because he was going toward Jerusalem.

Psalm 132:13

The Lord has chosen Zion to be the place for his Temple, the place he wanted for his home.

Psalm 78:68

No, he chose the tribe of Judah, and he chose Mount Zion, the place he loves.

2 Chronicles 7:16

I have chosen this Temple, and I have made it a holy place. So I will be honored there forever. I will watch over it and think of it always.

2 Chronicles 6:6

But now I have chosen Jerusalem as a place for my name, and I have chosen David to lead my people Israel.’

1 Chronicles 22:1

David said, “The Temple of the Lord God and the altar for burning offerings for the Israelites will be built here.”

1 Chronicles 21:26

David built an altar for worshiping the Lord there. David offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. He prayed to the Lord. The Lord answered David by sending fire down from heaven. The fire came down on the altar of burnt offering.

1 Kings 9:3

The Lord said to him, “I heard your prayer and what you asked me to do. You built this Temple, and I have made it a holy place. So I will be honored there forever. I will watch over it and think of it always.

Isaiah 66:1

This is what the Lord says: “Heaven is my throne, and the earth is where I rest my feet. So do you think you can build a house for me? Do I need a place to rest?

John 4:12

Are you greater than our ancestor Jacob? He is the one who gave us this well. He drank from it himself, and his sons and all his animals drank from it too.”