37Thus the saying 'One sows and another reaps' is true.


In Context

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.

37 Thus the saying 'One sows and another reaps' is true.

38 I sent you to reap what you have not worked for. Others have done the hard work, and you have reaped the benefits of their labor."

39 Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the woman's testimony, "He told me everything I ever did."

John 4:37 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:37And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:37For in this is the saying true: That it is one man that soweth, and it is another that reapeth.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:37For herein is the saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:37For in this is verified the true saying, It is one who sows and another who reaps.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:37For herein is the saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:37And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:37For in this the saying is true, 'One sows, and another reaps.'

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:37for in this the saying is the true one, that one is the sower and another the reaper.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:37And herein is that saying true, One sows, and another reaps.