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John 4:37
In this the saying is a true one, One does the planting, and another gets in the grain.
John 4:37 · Bible in Basic English
John 4:37 in other translations
And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.
For in this case the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true.
For in this the saying is true, ‘One sows, and another reaps.’
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In context
34 Jesus said, My food is to do the pleasure of him who sent me and to make his work complete.
35 You would say, Four months from now is the time of the grain-cutting. Take a look, I say to you, at the fields; they are even now white for cutting.
36 He who does the cutting now has his reward; he is getting together fruit for eternal life, so that he who did the planting and he who gets in the grain may have joy together.
37 In this the saying is a true one, One does the planting, and another gets in the grain.
38 I sent you to get in grain which you had no hand in planting: other men did that work, and you take the reward.
39 Now a number of the people of that town had faith in him because of the woman's witness: He has been talking to me of everything I ever did.
40 So when the people came to him they made request to him to be among them for a time, and he was there two days.
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