John 4:20

New Century Version

Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain, but you say that Jerusalem is the place where people must worship.”

Cross References

1 Kings 9:3

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

1 Chronicles 21:26

David built an altar to the Lord there and offered whole burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. David prayed to the Lord, and he answered him by sending down fire from heaven on the altar of burnt offering.

1 Chronicles 22:1

David said, “The Temple of the Lord God and the altar for Israel’s burnt offerings will be built here.”

2 Chronicles 6:6

But now I have chosen Jerusalem as the place I am to be worshiped, and I have chosen David to lead my people Israel.’

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 to be a Temple for sacrifices.

2 Chronicles 7:16

I have chosen this Temple and made it holy. So I will be worshiped there forever. Yes, I will always watch over it and love it.

Psalm 132:13

The Lord has chosen Jerusalem; he wants it for his home.

Psalm 78:68

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

Isaiah 66:1

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

Luke 9:53

But the people there would not welcome him, because he was set on going to Jerusalem.

John 4:12

Are you greater than Jacob, our father, who gave us this well and drank from it himself along with his sons and flocks?”

Deuteronomy 11:29

When the Lord your God brings you into the land you will take as your own, you are to announce the blessings from Mount Gerizim and the curses from Mount Ebal.

Deuteronomy 27:12

When you cross the Jordan River, these tribes must stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph and Benjamin.