New American Standard Bible 2020
John 4:32-38
32But He said to them, “I have food to eat that you do not know about.” 33So the 1disciples were saying to one another, “No one brought Him anything to eat, did he?” 34Jesus said to them, “My food is to 2do the will of Him who sent Me, and to 3accomplish His work. 35Do you not say, ‘There are still four months, and then comes the harvest’? Behold, I tell you, raise your eyes and observe the fields, that they are white 4for harvest. 36Already the one who reaps is receiving 5wages and is gathering 6fruit for 7eternal life, so that the one who sows and the one who reaps may rejoice together. 37For in this case the saying is true: ‘8One sows and another reaps.’ 38I sent you to reap that for which you have not labored; others have labored, and you have 9come into their labor.”
Notes
- 1. John 4:33 Luke 6:13-16; John 1:40-49; 2:2 ↩
- 2. John 4:34 John 5:30; 6:38 ↩
- 3. John 4:34 John 5:36; 17:4; 19:28, 30 ↩
- 4. John 4:35 Matt 9:37, 38; Luke 10:2 ↩
- 5. John 4:36 Prov 11:18; 1 Cor 9:17f ↩
- 6. John 4:36 Rom 1:13 ↩
- 7. John 4:36 Matt 19:29; John 3:36; 4:14; 5:24; Rom 2:7; 6:23 ↩
- 8. John 4:37 Job 31:8; Mic 6:15 ↩
- 9. John 4:38 I.e., enjoyed the fruit of their labor ↩
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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