John 4:20

Conversation With A Samaritan Woman

¹⁹ The woman said to him, Sir, I see that you are a prophet. ²⁰ Our fathers gave worship on this mountain, but you Jews say that the right place for worship is in Jerusalem. ²¹ Jesus said to her, Woman, take my word for this; the time is coming when you will not give worship to the Father on this mountain or in Jerusalem.

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Genesis 12:6-7

And Abram went through the land till he came to Shechem, to the holy tree of Moreh. At that time, the Canaanites were still living in the land.

Deuteronomy 11:29

And when the Lord your God has taken you into the land of your heritage, you are to put the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.

Deuteronomy 27:12

These are to take their places on Mount Gerizim for blessing the people when you have gone over Jordan: Simeon and Levi and Judah and Issachar and Joseph and Benjamin;

Genesis 33:18-20

So Jacob came safely from Paddan-aram to the town of Shechem in the land of Canaan, and put up his tents near the town.

Deuteronomy 12:5-11

But let your hearts be turned to the place which will be marked out by the Lord your God, among your tribes, to put his name there;

Joshua 8:33-35

And all Israel, those who were Israelites by birth, as well as the men from other lands living with them, and their responsible men and their overseers and judges, took their places round the ark, in front of the priests, the Levites, whose work it was to take up the ark of the Lord's agreement; half of them were stationed in front of Mount Gerizim and half in front of Mount Ebal, in agreement with the orders for the blessing of the children of Israel which Moses, the servant of the Lord, had given.

Judges 9:6-7

And all the townsmen of Shechem and all Beth-millo came together and went and made Abimelech their king, by the oak of the pillar in Shechem.

1 Kings 9:3

And the Lord said to him, Your prayers and your requests for grace have come to my ears: I have made holy this house which you have made, and I have put my name there for ever; my eyes and my heart will be there at all times.

2 Kings 17:26-33

So they said to the king of Assyria, The nations whom you have taken as prisoners and put in the towns of Samaria, have no knowledge of the way of the god of the land: so he has sent lions among them, causing their death, because they have no knowledge of his way.

1 Chronicles 21:26

And David put up an altar there to the Lord, offering burned offerings and peace-offerings with prayers to the Lord; and he gave him an answer from heaven, sending fire on the altar of burned offering.

1 Chronicles 22:1

Then David said, This is the house of the Lord God, and this is the altar for Israel's burned offerings.

2 Chronicles 6:6

But now I have made selection of Jerusalem, that my name might be there, and of David, to be over my people Israel.

2 Chronicles 7:12

Now the Lord came to Solomon in a vision by night, and said to him, I have given ear to your prayer, and have taken this place for myself as a house where offerings are to be made.

2 Chronicles 7:16

For I have taken this house for myself and made it holy, so that my name may be there for ever; and my eyes and my heart will be there at all times.

Psalm 78:68

But he took the tribe of Judah for himself, and the mountain of Zion, in which he had pleasure.

Psalm 87:1-2

This house is resting on the holy mountain.

Luke 9:53

But they would not have him there, because he was clearly going to Jerusalem.