34"My food," said Jesus, "is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work.


In Context

31 Meanwhile his disciples urged him, "Rabbi, eat something."

32 But he said to them, "I have food to eat that you know nothing about."

33 Then his disciples said to each other, "Could someone have brought him food?"

34 "My food," said Jesus, "is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work.

35 Do you not say, 'Four months more and then the harvest'? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest.

36 Even now the reaper draws his wages, even now he harvests the crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may be glad together.

John 4:34 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:34Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:34Jesus saith to them: My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, that I may perfect his work.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:34Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to accomplish his work.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:34Jesus says to them, My food is that I should do the will of him that has sent me, and that I should finish his work.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:34Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to accomplish his work.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:34Jesus saith to them, My food is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:34Jesus said to them, |My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to accomplish his work.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:34Jesus saith to them, 'My food is, that I may do the will of Him who sent me, and may finish His work;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:34Jesus said to them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.