John 4:21

²¹Jesus replied, “Believe me, dear woman, the time is coming when it will no longer matter whether you worship the Father on this mountain or in Jerusalem.

John 4 opens with Jesus leaving Judea for Galilee, passing through Samaria—a journey most Jews avoided. At Jacob's well, he engages a Samaritan woman in a conversation that dismantles ethnic, religious, and gender barriers. He offers her “living water,” reveals her personal history,