John 4:23

But a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father is seeking such as these to worship Him.

Cross References (37)

  • Philippians 3:3 (46)

    For it is we who are the circumcision, we who worship by the Spirit of God, who glory in Christ Jesus, and who put no co

  • Matthew 15:7–9 (29)

    You hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you:

  • John 5:25 (28)

    Truly, truly, I tell you, the hour is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and t

  • Galatians 4:6 (25)

    And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!”

  • Romans 8:26 (22)

    In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know how we ought to pray, but the Spirit Himself in

  • Jude 1:20–21 (21)

    But you, beloved, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit,

  • Isaiah 29:13 (17)

    Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts

  • Ephesians 6:18 (17)

    Pray in the Spirit at all times, with every kind of prayer and petition. To this end, stay alert with all perseverance i

  • John 12:23 (16)

    But Jesus replied, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.

  • John 4:21 (15)

    “Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in J

  • Isaiah 43:21 (12)

    The people I formed for Myself will declare My praise.

  • John 1:17 (12)

    For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

  • Isaiah 58:2 (11)

    For day after day they seek Me and delight to know My ways, like a nation that does what is right and does not forsake t

  • Isaiah 66:1–2 (10)

    This is what the LORD says: “Heaven is My throne, and earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me? O

  • Isaiah 26:8–9 (10)

    Yes, we wait for You, O LORD; we walk in the path of Your judgments. Your name and renown are the desire of our souls.

  • Romans 8:15 (10)

    For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption to sonship

  • Joshua 24:14 (10)

    Now, therefore, fear the LORD and serve Him in sincerity and truth; cast aside the gods your fathers served beyond the E

  • Proverbs 15:8 (10)

    The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.

  • 1 Peter 2:9 (8)

    But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtu

  • Psalms 17:1 (8)

    A prayer of David. Hear, O LORD, my righteous plea; listen to my cry. Give ear to my prayer—it comes from lips free of d

  • 1 Samuel 12:24 (7)

    Above all, fear the LORD and serve Him faithfully with all your heart; consider what great things He has done for you.

  • Luke 18:11–13 (7)

    The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other men—swindlers, evildoers, adulterer

  • Psalms 147:11 (6)

    The LORD is pleased with those who fear Him, who hope in His loving devotion.

  • Psalms 51:6 (6)

    Surely You desire truth in the inmost being; You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.

  • John 16:32 (6)

    “Look, an hour is coming and has already come when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and you will leave Me al

  • Jeremiah 3:10 (6)

    Yet in spite of all this, her unfaithful sister Judah did not return to Me with all her heart, but only in pretense,” de

  • 1 Chronicles 29:17 (5)

    I know, my God, that You test the heart and delight in uprightness. All these things I have given willingly and with an

  • Jeremiah 4:2 (4)

    and if you can swear, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ in truth, in justice, and in righteousness, then the nations will b

  • Romans 1:9 (4)

    God, whom I serve with my spirit in preaching the gospel of His Son, is my witness how constantly I remember you

  • Isaiah 10:20 (4)

    On that day the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no longer depend on him who struck them,

  • Isaiah 48:1–2 (4)

    “Listen to this, O house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel, who have descended from the line of Judah,

  • Isaiah 1:10–15 (3)

    Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom; listen to the instruction of our God, you people of Gomorrah!

  • Song of Solomon 2:14 (3)

    O my dove in the clefts of the rock, in the crevices of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for you

  • Psalms 32:2 (3)

    Blessed is the man whose iniquity the LORD does not count against him, in whose spirit there is no deceit.

  • Ezekiel 22:30 (3)

    I searched for a man among them to repair the wall and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, so that I shoul

  • Isaiah 58:8–14 (2)

    Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will come quickly. Your righteousness will go before yo

  • Jeremiah 7:7–12 (1)

    then I will let you live in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers forever and ever.