John 9:4
we have to keep on doing the work of the one who sent me as long as it is still daytime. The night is coming when no one can work.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
In Context
5While I'm here in the world I am the light of the world.”
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatever you do, do it with all your strength, for when you go to the grave there's no more working or thinking, no more knowing or being wise.
Matthew 20:7‘Because nobody has hired us,’ they replied. ‘Go and work in the vineyard too,’ he told them.
Luke 13:32Jesus replied, “Go tell that fox that I will go on driving out demons and healing people for today and tomorrow, and on the third day I'll achieve what I came to do.
John 5:19So Jesus explained to them, “I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can only do what he sees the Father doing. Whatever the Father does the Son does as well.
John 10:32Jesus said to them, “You've seen many good deeds that I've done from the Father. Which one are you stoning me for?”
John 11:9“Aren't there twelve hours in a day?” Jesus replied.
Matthew Henry on John 9:2-8
Sight Given to One Born Blind. 1 And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth. 2 And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind? 3 Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him. 4 I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work. 5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world. 6 When he had thus… Read the whole commentary →