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John 4:23

NETBible	But a time¹ is coming – and now is here² – when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks³ such people to be⁴ his worshipers.⁵
NIV © biblegateway Joh 4:23	Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshippers the Father seeks.
NASB © biblegateway Joh 4:23	"But an hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for such people the Father seeks to be His worshipers.
NLT © biblegateway Joh 4:23	But the time is coming and is already here when true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth. The Father is looking for anyone who will worship him that way.
MSG © biblegateway Joh 4:23	But the time is coming--it has, in fact, come--when what you're called will not matter and where you go to worship will not matter. "It's who you are and the way you live that count before God. Your worship must engage your spirit in the pursuit of truth. That's the kind of people the Father is out looking for: those who are simply and honestly themselves before him in their worship.
BBE © SABDAweb Joh 4:23	But the time is coming, and is even now here, when the true worshippers will give worship to the Father in the true way of the spirit, for these are the worshippers desired by the Father.
NRSV © bibleoremus Joh 4:23	But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such as these to worship him.
NKJV © biblegateway Joh 4:23	"But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him.
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KJV	But <235> the hour <5610> cometh <2064> (5736)_, and <2532> now <3568> is <2076> (5748)_, when <3753> the true <228> worshippers <4353> shall worship <4352> (5692) the Father <3962> in <1722> spirit <4151> and <2532> in truth <225>_: for <2532> <1063> the Father <3962> seeketh <2212> (5719) such <5108> to worship <4352> (5723) him <846>_.
NASB © biblegateway Joh 4:23	"But an hour <5610> is coming <2064> , and now <3568> is, when <3753> the true <228> worshipers <4353> will worship <4352> the Father <3962> in spirit <4151> and truth <225> ; for such <5108> people <5108> the Father <3962> seeks <2212> to be His worshipers <4352> .
NET [draft] ITL	But <235> a time <5610> is coming <2064> – and <2532> now <3568> is <1510> here– when <3753> the true <228> worshipers <4353> will worship <4352> the Father <3962> in <1722> spirit <4151> and <2532> truth <225> , for <1063> the Father <3962> seeks <2212> such people <5108> to be <4352> his <846> worshipers <4352> .
GREEK	alla <235> CONJ ercetai <2064> (5736) V-PNI-3S wra <5610> N-NSF kai <2532> CONJ nun <3568> ADV estin <1510> (5748) V-PXI-3S ote <3753> ADV oi <3588> T-NPM alhyinoi <228> A-NPM proskunhtai <4353> N-NPM proskunhsousin <4352> (5692) V-FAI-3P tw <3588> T-DSM patri <3962> N-DSM en <1722> PREP pneumati <4151> N-DSN kai <2532> CONJ alhyeia <225> N-DSF kai <2532> CONJ gar <1063> CONJ o <3588> T-NSM pathr <3962> N-NSM toioutouv <5108> D-APM zhtei <2212> (5719) V-PAI-3S touv <3588> T-APM proskunountav <4352> (5723) V-PAP-APM auton <846> P-ASM

NETBible

But a time¹ is coming – and now is here² – when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks³ such people to be⁴ his worshipers.⁵

NET Notes

¹tn Grk “an hour.”

²tn “Here” is not in the Greek text but is supplied to conform to contemporary English idiom.

³sn See also John 4:27.

⁴tn Or “as.” The object-complement construction implies either “as” or “to be.”

⁵tn This is a double accusative construction of object and complement with τοιούτους (toioutous) as the object and the participle προσκυνοῦντας (proskunounta") as the complement.

⁵sn The Father wants such people as his worshipers. Note how the woman has been concerned about where people ought to worship, while Jesus is concerned about who people ought to worship.