John 4:38
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.
37 And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.
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.
40 So when the Samaritans were come unto him, they besought him that he would tarry with them: and he abode there two days.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- 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.”
- KJV
- I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.
- WEB
- I sent you to reap that for which you haven’t labored. Others have labored, and you have entered into their labor.”
- ASV
- I sent you to reap that whereon ye have not labored: others have labored, and ye are entered into their labor.
- DARBY
- I have sent you to reap that on which ye have not laboured; others have laboured, and ye have entered into their labours.
- BLB
- I sent you⁺ to reap what you⁺ have not labored for; others have labored, and you⁺ have entered into their labor.”
- ÅB
- Jeg har utsendt dere for å høste det som ikke dere har arbeidet med; andre har arbeidet, og dere er kommet inn i deres arbeid.
- OTB
- Jeg har sendt dere for å høste det dere ikke har arbeidet med. Andre har arbeidet, og dere har gått inn i deres arbeid.»
- B1930
- Jeg har utsendt eder for å høste det som ikke I har arbeidet med; andre har arbeidet, og I er kommet inn i deres arbeid.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 1:7
The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.
Read in contextActs 10:42–43
And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead.
Read in context2 Chronicles 36:15
And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place:
Read in context1 Peter 1:11–12
Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.
Read in contextActs 8:14–17
Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John:
Read in contextActs 10:37–38
That word, I say, ye know, which was published throughout all Judæa, and began from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached;
Read in contextMatthew 3:1–6
In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,
Read in contextActs 8:4–8
Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word.
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