John 4:38

I have sent you to reap that on which you have spent no labour; others have laboured, and you have reaped the results of their labour.’

Open English Bible (UK)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

37For here the proverb holds good – “One sows, another reaps.”

39Many from that town came to believe in Jesus – Samaritans though they were – because the woman had said, “He has told me everything that I have done.”

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Cross References

Matthew 4:23Jesus went all through Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and curing every kind of disease and every kind of sickness among the people;

John 1:7he came as a witness – to bear witness to the light so that through him everyone might believe.

Acts 4:4Many, however, of those who had heard the apostles’ message became believers in Christ, the number of the men alone amounting to about five thousand.

Acts 5:14and still larger numbers, both of men and women, as they became believers in the Lord, were added to their number.

Acts 8:4Now those who were scattered in different directions went from place to place proclaiming the good news.

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 →

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