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John 4:37

New American Bible - revised edition

For here the saying is verified that ‘One sows and another reaps.’

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Then may I sow, but another eat, and may my produce be rooted up!

You shall sow, yet not reap, tread out the olive, yet pour no oil, crush the grapes, yet drink no wine.

for I was afraid of you, because you are a demanding person; you take up what you did not lay down and you harvest what you did not plant.’

Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever believes in me will do the works that I do, and will do greater ones than these, because I am going to the Father.

The reaper is already receiving his payment and gathering crops for eternal life, so that the sower and reaper can rejoice together.

I sent you to reap what you have not worked for; others have done the work, and you are sharing the fruits of their work.”

For it used to be that whenever the Israelites had completed sowing their crops, Midian, Amalek, and the Kedemites would come up,