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John 4:36-38 KJV
John · chapter 4 · verses 36–38 · King James Version
36And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together. 37And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth. 38I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.John 4:36-38 · King James Version
John 4:36-38 in context
34Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
35Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.
36And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.
37And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.
38I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.
39And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did.
40So when the Samaritans were come unto him, they besought him that he would tarry with them: and he abode there two days.
Key words (Strong's)
- receivethlambanōto take, to take with the hand, lay hold of, any person or thing in order to use it, to…G2983 →
- gatherethsynagōto gather together, to gather, to draw together, collect, of fishes, of a net in which…G4863 →
- bestowedkopiaōto grow weary, tired, exhausted , to labour with wearisome effort, to toil, of bodily…G2872 →
- reapeththerizōto reap, harvest, proverbial expression for sowing and reaping, cut off, destroy, as…G2325 →
- eternalaiōnioswithout beginning and end, that which always has been and always will be, without…G166 →
- rejoicechairōto rejoice, be glad, to rejoice exceedingly, to be well, thrive, in salutations, hail!…G5463 →
- whereonhoswho, which, what, thatG3739 →
- enteredeiserchomaito go out or come in to enter, of men or animals, as into a house or a city, of Satan…G1525 →
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