John 4:31-38

New International Version

³¹Meanwhile his disciples urged him, “Rabbi,^(A) eat something.”

³²But he said to them, “I have food to eat^(B) that you know nothing about.”

³³Then his disciples said to each other, “Could someone have brought him food?”

³⁴“My food,” said Jesus, “is to do the will^(C) of him who sent me and to finish his work.^(D) ³⁵Don’t you have a saying, ‘It’s still four months until harvest’? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest.^(E) ³⁶Even now the one who reaps draws a wage and harvests^(F) a crop for eternal life,^(G) so that the sower and the reaper may be glad together. ³⁷Thus the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’^(H) is true. ³⁸I 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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John 4:31-38

New American Standard Bible

³¹Meanwhile the disciples were urging Him, saying, “^(A)Rabbi, eat something.” ³²But He said to them, “I have food to eat that you do not know about.” ³³So the ^(B)disciples were saying to one another, “No one brought Him anything to eat, did he?” ³⁴Jesus *said to them, “My food is to ^(C)do the will of Him who sent Me, and to ^(D)accomplish 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 ^(E)for harvest. ³⁶Already the one who reaps is receiving ^(F)wages and is gathering ^(G)fruit for ^(H)eternal life, so that the one who sows and the one who reaps may rejoice together. ³⁷For in this case the saying is true: ‘^(I)One sows and another reaps.’ ³⁸I sent you to reap that for which you have not labored; others have labored, and you have ^[a]come into their labor.”