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John 4:38
I, sent you forth, to be reaping that whereon, ye, have not toiled: Others, have toiled, and, ye, into their toil, have entered.
John 4:38 · Rotherham Emphasised Bible
John 4:38 in other translations
I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.
I sent you to reap what you have not worked for; others have done the hard work, and now you have taken up their labor.”
I sent you to reap that for which you haven’t labored. Others have labored, and you have entered into their labor.”
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In context
35 Are, ye, not saying—Yet, a fourmonth, it is, and, the harvest, cometh? Lo! I say unto you—Lift up your eyes, and gaze at the fields,—that, white, are they unto, harvest. Already,
36 he that reapeth, receiveth, a reward, and gathereth fruit unto life age-abiding; that, he that soweth, together may rejoice, with him that reapeth.
37 For, herein, doth the saying, hold good,—One, is the sower, and, another, is the reaper.
38 I, sent you forth, to be reaping that whereon, ye, have not toiled: Others, have toiled, and, ye, into their toil, have entered.
39 And, out of that city, many, believed on him—of the Samaritans,—by reason of the word of the woman in bearing witness—He told me all things that ever I did.
40 When, therefore, the Samaritans came unto him, they went on to request him to abide with them; and he abode there two days.
41 And, many more, believed by reason of his discourse;
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