For the saying is true, ‘One sows and another reaps.’
then let me sow and another eat, and let my crops be uprooted.
You will sow but not reap; You will tread olives but not anoint yourself with oil, and grapes but not drink wine.
for I was afraid of you because you are a strict man. You take what you did not make and reap what you did not sow.’
“Amen, amen I tell you, he who puts his trust in Me, the works that I do he will do; and greater than these he will do, because I am going to the Father.
“The reaper receives a reward and gathers fruit for eternal life, so that the sower and reaper may rejoice together.
I sent you to reap what you haven’t worked for. Others have worked hard, and you have joined in their work.”
Whenever Israel had done their sowing, the Midianites, Amalekites and people from the east would come up and raid them.
