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John 9:4
I must work the works of him that sent me, whilst it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
John 9:4 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
John 9:4 in other translations
I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
While it is daytime, we must do the works of Him who sent Me. Night is coming, when no one can work.
I must work the works of him who sent me while it is day. The night is coming, when no one can work.
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In context
1 And Jesus passing by, saw a man who was blind from his birth.
2 And his disciples asked him: Rabbi, who hath sinned, this man or his parents, that he should be born blind?
3 Jesus answered: Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents; but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.
4 I must work the works of him that sent me, whilst it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
6 When he had said these things, he spat on the ground and made clay of the spittle and spread the clay upon his eyes,
7 And said to him: Go, wash in the pool of Siloe, which is interpreted, Sent. He went therefore and washed: and he came seeing.
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