John 4:34
Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to finish His work.
English Majority Text (NT)
In The King James Version
Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
In Context
33Therefore the disciples were saying to one another, “Has anyone brought Him something to eat?”
Cross References
Matthew 26:39He went a little farther and fell on His face, and prayed, saying, “O My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will.”
Luke 15:10Just so, I say to you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.” 1 The Parable of the Prodigal Son
John 4:32But He said to them, “I have food to eat of which you do not know.”
John 5:36But I have a testimony greater than John's; for the works which the Father gave to Me, that I should complete them, these very works which I do, testify of Me, that the Father has sent Me.
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 →