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John 4:36

Witness and missionJoyEternal life

34 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.

Already the reaper draws his wages and gathers a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may rejoice together.

37 For in this case the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true.

38 I sent you to reap what you have not worked for; others have done the hard work, and now you have taken up their labor.”

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BSB
Already the reaper draws his wages and gathers a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may rejoice together.
KJV
And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.
WEB
He who reaps receives wages and gathers fruit to eternal life, that both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together.
ASV
He that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal; that he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.
DARBY
He that reaps receives wages and gathers fruit unto life eternal, that both he that sows and he that reaps may rejoice together.
BLB
The one reaping receives a wage and gathers fruit unto eternal life, so that the one sowing and the one reaping may rejoice together.
ÅB
Den som høster, får lønn og samler frukt til evig liv, for at både den som sår og den som høster, kan glede seg sammen;
OTB
Den som høster, får allerede lønn og samler frukt til evig liv, så den som sår og den som høster kan glede seg sammen.
B1930
Den som høster, får lønn og samler frukt til evig liv, forat både den som sår og den som høster, kan glede sig sammen;

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Cross references

  • James 5:19–20

    My brothers, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring him back,

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  • 1 Corinthians 3:5–9

    What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, as the Lord has assigned to each his role.

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  • Romans 1:13

    I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, how often I planned to come to you (but have been prevented from visiting until now), in order that I might have a harvest among you, just as I have had among the other Gentiles.

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  • Proverbs 11:30

    The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise.

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  • 2 Timothy 4:7–8

    I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.

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  • Daniel 12:3

    Then the wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness will shine like the stars forever and ever.

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  • Romans 6:22

    But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the fruit you reap leads to holiness, and the outcome is eternal life.

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  • 1 Corinthians 9:19–23

    Though I am free of obligation to anyone, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.

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