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John 4:38
38I have sent you to reap that on which ye have not laboured; others have laboured, and ye have entered into their labours.
John 4:38 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.
- New International Version (NIV)I sent you to reap what you have not worked for. Others have done the hard work, and you have reaped the benefits of their labor.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)I sent you to reap that for which you did not labor. Others have labored, and you have entered into their labor."
- New King James Version (NKJV)I sent you to reap that for which you have not labored; others have labored, and you have entered into their labors.”
Context of John 4:38
36He that reaps receives wages and gathers fruit unto life eternal, that both he that sows and he that reaps may rejoice together. 37For in this is [verified] the true saying, It is one who sows and another who reaps. I have sent you to reap that on which ye have not laboured; others have laboured, and ye have entered into their labours. 39But many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him because of the word of the woman who bore witness, He told me all things that I had ever done. 40When therefore the Samaritans came to him they asked him to abide with them, and he abode there two days.
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ἐγὼ ἀπέστειλα ὑμᾶς θερίζειν ὃ οὐχ ὑμεῖς κεκοπιάκατε· ἄλλοι κεκοπιάκασιν, καὶ ὑμεῖς εἰς τὸν κόπον αὐτῶν εἰσεληλύθατε.Read the interlinear
Cross-references for John 4:38
- Acts 2:41Those then who had accepted his word were baptised; and there were added in that day about three thousand souls.
- Acts 4:4But many of those who had heard the word believed; and the number of the men had become [about] five thousand.
- Acts 5:14and believers were more than ever added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women;)
- Acts 6:7And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples in Jerusalem was very greatly multiplied, and a great crowd of the priests obeyed the faith.
- Acts 8:4Those then that had been scattered went through [the countries] announcing the glad tidings of the word.
- John 1:7He came for witness, that he might witness concerning the light, that all might believe through him.
- 2 Chronicles 36:15And Jehovah the God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up early and sending; because he had compassion on his people and on his dwelling-place.
- Jeremiah 44:4And I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing which I hate!
- Matthew 3:1Now in those days comes John the baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,
- Matthew 4:23And [Jesus] went round the whole [of] Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the glad tidings of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every bodily weakness among the people.
- Matthew 11:8But what went ye out to see? a man clothed in delicate raiment? behold, those who wear delicate things are in the houses of kings.
- Acts 10:37ye know; the testimony which has spread through the whole of Judaea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism which John preached —
- 1 Peter 1:11searching what, or what manner of time, the Spirit of Christ which [was] in them pointed out, testifying before of the sufferings which [belonged] to Christ, and the glories after these.
Commentaries on John 4:38
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 38I sent you - In the commission given you to preach the gospel. You have not labored or toiled in preparing the way for the great harvest which is now to be gathered in. Other men laboured - (1)The prophets, who long labored to prepare the way for the coming of the Messiah. (2)the teachers among the Jews, who have read and explained the law and taught the people. (3)John the Baptist, who came to prepare the way. And, (4)The Saviour himself, who by his…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 27-42Verses 27-42 The disciples wondered that Christ talked thus with a Samaritan. Yet they knew it was for some good reason, and for some good end. Thus when particular difficulties occur in the word and providence of God, it is good to satisfy ourselves that all is well that Jesus Christ says and does. Two things affected the woman. The extent of his knowledge. Christ knows all the thoughts, words, and actions, of all the children of men. And the power of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 38others: Jesus might have meant John the Baptist. Or, he might have been referring to the work he had just done with the Samaritan woman.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 31-3831-38. meantime--that is, while the woman was away. Master, eat--Fatigue and thirst we saw He felt; here is revealed another of our common infirmities to which the Lord was subject--hunger.Read the comment
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- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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