John 4:20

New International Version

Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem.”

Cross References

1 Kings 9:3

The Lord said to him: “I have heard the prayer and plea you have made before me; I have consecrated this temple, which you have built, by putting my Name there forever. My eyes and my heart will always be there.

1 Chronicles 21:26

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

1 Chronicles 22:1

Then David said, “The house of the Lord God is to be here, and also the altar of burnt offering for Israel.”

2 Chronicles 6:6

But now I have chosen Jerusalem for my Name to be there, and I have chosen David to rule my people Israel.’

2 Chronicles 7:12

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

2 Chronicles 7:16

I have chosen and consecrated this temple so that my Name may be there forever. My eyes and my heart will always be there.

Psalm 132:13

For the Lord has chosen Zion, he has desired it for his dwelling, saying,

Psalm 78:68

but he chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which he loved.

Isaiah 66:1

This is what the Lord says: “Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. Where is the house you will build for me? Where will my resting place be?

Luke 9:53

but the people there did not welcome him, because he was heading for Jerusalem.

John 4:12

Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did also his sons and his livestock?”

Deuteronomy 11:29

When the Lord your God has brought you into the land you are entering to possess, you are to proclaim on Mount Gerizim the blessings, and on Mount Ebal the curses.

Deuteronomy 27:12

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