New American Standard Bible 1995
John 4:38
38I sent you to reap that for which you have not labored; others have labored and you have entered into their labor.”
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
36Already he who reaps is receiving wages and is gathering fruit for life eternal; so that he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together. 37For in this case the saying is true, ‘One sows and another reaps.’ I sent you to reap that for which you have not labored; others have labored and you have entered into their labor.” 39From that city many of the Samaritans believed in Him because of the word of the woman who testified, “He told me all the things that I have done.” 40So when the Samaritans came to Jesus, they were asking Him to stay with them; and He stayed there two days.
Read all of John 4John 4:38 word by word
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 2:41So then, those who had received his word were baptized; and that day there were added about three thousand souls.
- Acts 4:4But many of those who had heard the message believed; and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.
- Acts 5:14And all the more believers in the Lord, multitudes of men and women, were constantly added to their number,
- Acts 6:7The word of God kept on spreading; and the number of the disciples continued to increase greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests were becoming obedient to the faith.
- Acts 8:4Therefore, those who had been scattered went about preaching the word.
- John 1:7He came as a witness, to testify about the Light, so that all might believe through him.
- 2 Chronicles 36:15The Lord, the God of their fathers, sent word to them again and again by His messengers, because He had compassion on His people and on His dwelling place;
- Jeremiah 44:4Yet I sent you all My servants the prophets, again and again, saying, “Oh, do not do this abominable thing which I hate.”
- Matthew 3:1Now in those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, saying,
- Matthew 4:23Jesus was going throughout all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and every kind of sickness among the people.
- Matthew 11:8But what did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft clothing? Those who wear soft clothing are in kings’ palaces!
- Acts 10:37you yourselves know the thing which took place throughout all Judea, starting from Galilee, after the baptism which John proclaimed.
- 1 Peter 1:11seeking to know what person or time the Spirit of Christ within them was indicating as He predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow.
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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Commentaries on John 4
- 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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