John 4:38
I sent you to get in grain which you had no hand in planting: other men did that work, and you take the reward.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In Context
37In this the saying is a true one, One does the planting, and another gets in the grain.
Cross References
Jeremiah 44:4And I sent all my servants the prophets to you, getting up early and sending them, saying, Do not do this disgusting thing which is hated by me.
Matthew 4:23And Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their Synagogues and preaching the good news of the kingdom, and making well those who were ill with any disease among the people.
John 1:7He came for witness, to give witness about the light, so that all men might have faith through him.
Acts 4:4But a number of those who gave hearing to the word had faith; and they were now about five thousand.
Acts 5:14And a great number of men and women had faith, and were joined to the Lord;
Acts 8:4But those who had gone in flight went everywhere preaching the word.
Matthew Henry on John 4:28-43
Christ at the Well of Samaria. 27 And upon this came his disciples, and marvelled that he talked with the woman: yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why talkest thou with her? 28 The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men, 29 Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ? 30 Then they went out of the city, and came unto him. 31 In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat. 32 But he said unto them, I have meat to… Read the whole commentary →