John 4:38

Contemporary English Version 1995

I am sending you to harvest crops in fields where others have done all the hard work.

Cross References

John 1:7

who came to tell about the light and to lead all people to have faith.

2 Chronicles 36:15

But the Lord God felt sorry for his people, and instead of destroying the temple, he sent prophets who warned the people over and over about their sins.

Acts 6:7

God's message spread, and many more people in Jerusalem became followers. Even a large number of priests put their faith in the Lord.

Acts 5:14

Many men and women started having faith in the Lord.

Acts 4:4

But a lot of people who had heard the message believed it. So by now there were about 5,000 followers of the Lord.

Acts 4:32

The group of followers all felt the same way about everything. None of them claimed that their possessions were their own, and they shared everything they had with each other.

Acts 2:41

On that day about 3,000 believed his message and were baptized.

Matthew 4:23

Jesus went all over Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the good news about God's kingdom. He also healed every kind of disease and sickness.

Jeremiah 44:4

Time after time I sent my servants the prophets to tell the people of Judah how much I hated their disgusting sins. The prophets warned them to stop sinning,

John 4:37

So the saying proves true, “Some plant the seed, and others harvest the crop.”

John 4:39

A lot of Samaritans in that town put their faith in Jesus because the woman had said, “This man told me everything I have ever done.”

John 17:18

I am sending them into the world, just as you sent me.

2 Corinthians 10:15

We don't brag about what others have done, as if we had done those things ourselves. But I hope as you become stronger in your faith, we will be able to reach many more of the people around you. That has always been our goal.