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John 4:27-38 NIV
27
Just then his disciples returned and were surprised to find him
talking with a woman. But no one asked, "What do you want?" or "Why
are you talking with her?"
28 Then, leaving her water jar, the woman went back to the
town and said to the people,
29
"Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be
the Christ?"
30
They came out of the town and made their way toward him.
31 Meanwhile his disciples urged him, "Rabbi, eat something."
32 But he said to them, "I have food to eat that you know
nothing about."
33 Then his disciples said to each other, "Could someone have
brought him food?"
34 "My food," said Jesus, "is to do the will of him who sent
me and to finish his work.
35
Do you not say, 'Four months more and then the harvest'? I tell you,
open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest.
36
Even now the reaper draws his wages, even now he harvests the crop
for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may be glad
together.
37
Thus the saying 'One sows and another reaps' is true.
38
I 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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