John 4:34
32 But He told them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”
33 So the disciples asked one another, “Could someone have brought Him food?”
Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.
35 Do you not say, ‘There are still four months until the harvest’? I tell you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are ripe for harvest.
36 Already the reaper draws his wages and gathers a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may rejoice together.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.
- KJV
- Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
- WEB
- Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work.
- ASV
- Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to accomplish his work.
- DARBY
- Jesus says to them, My food is that I should do the will of him that has sent me, and that I should finish his work.
- BLB
- Jesus says to them, “My food is that I should do the will of the One having sent Me and should finish His work.
- ÅB
- Jesus sier til dem: Min mat er å gjøre hans vilje som har sendt meg, og å fullføre hans gjerning.
- OTB
- «Min mat,» sa Jesus, «er å gjøre viljen til ham som har sendt meg, og fullføre hans verk.
- B1930
- Jesus sier til dem: Min mat er å gjøre hans vilje som har sendt mig, og å fullføre hans gjerning.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 6:38
For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but to do the will of Him who sent Me.
Read in contextJohn 5:30
I can do nothing by Myself; I judge only as I hear. And My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.
Read in contextJob 23:12
I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.
Read in contextJohn 17:4
I have glorified You on earth by accomplishing the work You gave Me to do.
Read in contextJohn 19:30
When Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished.” And bowing His head, He yielded up His spirit.
Read in contextMatthew 26:39
Going a little farther, He fell facedown and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me. Yet not as I will, but as You will.”
Read in contextJohn 4:32
But He told them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”
Read in contextJohn 5:36
But I have testimony more substantial than that of John. For the works that the Father has given Me to accomplish—the very works I am doing—testify about Me that the Father has sent Me.
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