John 4:38 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) I sent you [disciples] to harvest [a crop] that you did not work on; other people have done the work and you have reaped the results of their work.” [Note: This is probably an allusion to the preliminary work of preaching done by John, the Immerser, with results occurring under the preaching of the apostles]. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition I sent you to reap a crop for which you have not toiled. Other men have labored and you have stepped in to reap the results of their work. American Standard Version (1901) I sent you to reap that whereon ye have not labored: others have labored, and ye are entered into their labor. Common English Bible I have sent you to harvest what you didn’t work hard for; others worked hard, and you will share in their hard work.” Catholic Public Domain Version I have sent you to reap that for which you did not labor. Others have labored, and you have entered into their labors." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I have sent you to reap that in which you did not labour: others have laboured, and you have entered into their labours. |