John 4:27-42
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
The Ripened Harvest
27 Just then his disciples arrived, and they were amazed that he was talking with a woman. Yet no one said, ‘What do you want? ’ or ‘Why are you talking with her? ’
28 Then the woman left her water jar, went into town, and told the people, 29 ‘Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Messiah? ’(A) 30 They left the town and made their way to him.(B)
31 In the meantime the disciples kept urging him, ‘Rabbi,(C) eat something.’
32 But he said, ‘I have food to eat that you don’t know about.’
33 The disciples said to one another, ‘Could someone have brought him something to eat? ’
34 ‘My food is to do the will of him(D) who sent me(E) and to finish his work,’(F) Jesus told them. 35 ‘Don’t you say, “There are still four more months, and then comes the harvest”? Listen to what I’m telling you: Open[a] your eyes and look at the fields, because they are ready[b] for harvest. 36 The reaper is already receiving pay and gathering fruit for eternal life,(G) so that the sower and reaper can rejoice together. 37 For in this case the saying is true: “One sows and another reaps.”(H) 38 I sent you to reap what you didn’t labour for; others have laboured, and you have benefited from[c] their labour.’
The Saviour of the World
39 Now many Samaritans(I) from that town believed in him because of what the woman said[d] when she testified,(J) ‘He told me everything I ever did.’ 40 So when the Samaritans came to him,(K) they asked him to stay with them, and he stayed there for two days. 41 Many more believed because of what he said.[e] 42 And they told the woman, ‘We no longer believe because of what you said, since we have heard for ourselves and know that this really is the Saviour(L) of the world.’[f]
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John 4:27-42
New Century Version
27 Just then his followers came back from town and were surprised to see him talking with a woman. But none of them asked, “What do you want?” or “Why are you talking with her?”
28 Then the woman left her water jar and went back to town. She said to the people, 29 “Come and see a man who told me everything I ever did. Do you think he might be the Christ?” 30 So the people left the town and went to see Jesus.
31 Meanwhile, his followers were begging him, “Teacher, eat something.”
32 But Jesus answered, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”
33 So the followers asked themselves, “Did somebody already bring him food?”
34 Jesus said, “My food is to do what the One who sent me wants me to do and to finish his work. 35 You have a saying, ‘Four more months till harvest.’ But I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields ready for harvest now. 36 Already, the one who harvests is being paid and is gathering crops for eternal life. So the one who plants and the one who harvests celebrate at the same time. 37 Here the saying is true, ‘One person plants, and another harvests.’ 38 I sent you to harvest a crop that you did not work on. Others did the work, and you get to finish up their work.”[a]
39 Many of the Samaritans in that town believed in Jesus because of what the woman said: “He told me everything I ever did.” 40 When the Samaritans came to Jesus, they begged him to stay with them, so he stayed there two more days. 41 And many more believed because of the things he said.
42 They said to the woman, “First we believed in Jesus because of what you said, but now we believe because we heard him ourselves. We know that this man really is the Savior of the world.”
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- 4:38 I . . . their work. As a farmer sends workers to harvest grain, Jesus sends his followers out to bring people to God.
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