John 4:37

For, herein, doth the saying, hold good,—One, is the sower, and, another, is the reaper.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

36he that reapeth, receiveth, a reward, and gathereth fruit unto life age-abiding; that, he that soweth, together may rejoice, with him that reapeth.

38I, sent you forth, to be reaping that whereon, ye, have not toiled: Others, have toiled, and, ye, into their toil, have entered.

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Cross References

Job 31:8Let me sow but, another, eat. And let, what I have springing up, be uprooted!

Luke 19:21For I was afraid of thee, because, a harsh man, thou art,—Thou takest up, what thou layedst not down, and reapest, what 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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