John 4:20

New King James Version

Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where one ought to worship.”

Cross References

Deuteronomy 27:12

“These shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people, when you have crossed over the Jordan: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin;

Deuteronomy 11:29

Now it shall be, when the Lord your God has brought you into the land which you go to possess, that you shall put the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.

2 Chronicles 7:12

Then the Lord appeared to Solomon by night, and said to him: “I have heard your prayer, and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice.

Luke 9:53

But they did not receive Him, because His face was set for the journey to Jerusalem.

Psalm 132:13

For the Lord has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His dwelling place:

Psalm 78:68

But chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which He loved.

2 Chronicles 7:16

For now I have chosen and sanctified this house, that My name may be there forever; and My eyes and My heart will be there perpetually.

2 Chronicles 6:6

Yet I have chosen Jerusalem, that My name may 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

And David built there an altar to the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called on the Lord; and He answered him from heaven by fire on the altar of burnt offering.

1 Kings 9:3

And the Lord said to him: “I have heard your prayer and your supplication that you have made before Me; I have consecrated this house which you have built to put My name there forever, and My eyes and My heart will be there perpetually.

Isaiah 66:1

Thus says the Lord: “Heaven is My throne, And earth is My footstool. Where is the house that you will build Me? And where is the place of My rest?

John 4:12

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