John 4:37

New International Reader's Version

Here is a true saying. ‘One plants and another gathers.’

Cross References

Job 31:8

Then may others eat what I’ve planted. May my crops be pulled up by the roots.

Micah 6:15

You will plant seeds. But you will not harvest any crops. You will press olives. But you will not use the oil. You will crush grapes. But you will not drink the wine that is made from them.

Luke 19:21

I was afraid of you. You are a hard man. You take out what you did not put in. You harvest what you did not plant.’

John 14:12

What I’m about to tell you is true. Anyone who believes in me will do the works I have been doing. In fact, they will do even greater things. That’s because I am going to the Father.

John 4:36

Even now the one who gathers the crop is getting paid. They are already harvesting the crop for eternal life. So the one who plants and the one who gathers can now be glad together.

John 4:38

I sent you to gather what you have not worked for. Others have done the hard work. You have gathered the benefits of their work.”

Judges 6:3

Each year the people planted their crops. When they did, the Midianites came into the country and attacked it. So did the Amalekites and other tribes from the east.