John 4:37

For in this, is the proverb true, that one is the sower, and another the reaper.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.

In Context

36And he that reapeth, receiveth wages, and gathereth fruits unto life eternal; and the sower and the reaper equally rejoice.

38I sent you to reap that, on which ye labored not: for others toiled, and ye entered into their labor.

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Cross References

Luke 19:21For I was afraid of thee, because thou art a hard man, and takest up that which thou layedst not down, and reapest that which thou sowedst not.

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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