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36 The one who reaps receives pay[a] and gathers fruit for eternal life, so that the one who sows and the one who reaps can rejoice together. 37 For in this instance the saying is true,[b] ‘One sows and another reaps.’ 38 I sent you to reap what you did not work for; others have labored and you have entered into their labor.”

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Footnotes

  1. John 4:36 tn Or “a reward”; see L&N 38.14 and 57.173. This is something of a wordplay.
  2. John 4:37 tn The recitative ὅτι (hoti) after ἀληθινός (alēthinos) has not been translated.

36 Even now the one who reaps draws a wage and harvests(A) a crop for eternal life,(B) so that the sower and the reaper may be glad together. 37 Thus the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’(C) is true. 38 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.”

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