38 I sent you to reap what you did not work for; others have worked, and you have entered into their work.”

The Samaritans and the Savior of the World

39 Now from that town many of the Samaritans believed in him because of the word of the woman who testified, “He told me everything that I have done.” 40 So when the Samaritans came to him, they began asking[a] him to stay with them. And he stayed there two days.

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Footnotes

  1. John 4:40 The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began asking”)