Then \{it would be right for other people\}\par to eat the crops I planted\par and to pull up the plants I grew.\par
John 4:37 - Easy To Read Version It is true when we say, ‘One person plants, but another person harvests the crop.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For in this the saying holds true, One sows and another reaps. American Standard Version (1901) For herein is the saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth. Common English Bible This is a true saying, that one sows and another harvests. Catholic Public Domain Version For in this the word is true: that it is one who sows, and it is another who reaps. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For in this is the saying true: That it is one man that soweth, and it is another that reapeth. |
Then \{it would be right for other people\}\par to eat the crops I planted\par and to pull up the plants I grew.\par
You will plant your seeds,\par but you will not gather food.\par You will try to squeeze oil from your olives,\par but you will not get any oil.\par You will crush your grapes,\par but you will not get enough juice\par to have wine to drink.\par
I was afraid of you because you are a hard man. You even take money that you didn’t earn and gather food that you didn’t grow!’
I tell you the truth. The person that believes in me will do the same things I have done. Yes! He will do even greater things than I have done. Why? Because I am going to the Father.
Even now, the person that harvests the crop is being paid. He is gathering crops for eternal life. So now the person that plants can be happy together with the person that harvests.
I sent you to harvest a crop that you did not work for. Other people did the work, and you get the profit from their work.”
They did that because the Midianite and Amalekite people from the east always came and destroyed their crops.