John 4:37
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.
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.”
39 Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in Jesus because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For in this case the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true.
- KJV
- And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.
- WEB
- For in this the saying is true, ‘One sows, and another reaps.’
- ASV
- For herein is the saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.
- DARBY
- For in this is [verified] the true saying, It is one who sows and another who reaps.
- BLB
- For in this the word is true, that is, ‘One is sowing and another is reaping.’
- ÅB
- for her er det et sant ord at en sår og en annen høster.
- OTB
- For her er ordet sant: ‘En sår og en annen høster.’
- B1930
- for her er det et sant ord at en sår og en annen høster.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Micah 6:15
You will sow but not reap; you will press olives but not anoint yourselves with oil; you will tread grapes but not drink the wine.
Read in contextJob 31:8
then may another eat what I have sown, and may my crops be uprooted.
Read in contextJudges 6:3
Whenever the Israelites would plant their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east would come up and invade them,
Read in contextLuke 19:21
For I was afraid of you, because you are a harsh man. You withdraw what you did not deposit and reap what you did not sow.’
Read in context