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John 4:37

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35 Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.

36 And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.

And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.

38 I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.

39 And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did.

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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.

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Cross references

  • Micah 6:15

    Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and sweet wine, but shalt not drink wine.

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  • Job 31:8

    Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.

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  • Judges 6:3

    And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them;

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  • Luke 19:21

    For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow.

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