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 “Our fathers  adored  on  this  mountain,  and  you  say  that  at Jerusalem  is  the  place  where  men  must  adore."  Jesus  said  to  her: “Woman,  believe  me,  the  hour  cometh,  when  you  shall  neither on  this  mountain,  nor  in  Jerusalem,  adore  the  Father.  The  hour cometh  ,  and  now  is,  when  the  true  adorers  shall  adore  the  Father in  spirit  and  in  truth.  God  is  a Spirit,  and  they  that  adore  Him, must  adore  Him  in  spirit  and  in  truth."

The woman  answered  Him: “I  know  that  the  Messias,  when He is  come,  will  tell  us  all  things."  Jesus  replied:  “I  am  He who  am  speaking  with  thee."

Rejoiced at  this  news,  the  woman  left  her  pitcher,  and, going into  the  city  in  all  haste,  she  said  to  the  people:  “Come out and  see  a man  who  has  told  me  all  my  sins. Is not  He  the Christ!" Meanwhile  the  disciples,  returning  with  the  food  they