John 4:35

Bible in Basic English (1941)

You would say, Four months from now is the time of the grain-cutting. Take a look, I say to you, at the fields; they are even now white for cutting.

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Referenced Verses

  • Luke 10:2-3 : 2 And he said to them, There is much grain ready to be cut, but not enough workers: so make prayer to the Lord of the grain-fields that he will send workers to get in the grain. 3 Go on your way: see, I send you out like lambs among wolves.
  • Matt 9:37-38 : 37 Then he said to his disciples, There is much grain but not enough men to get it in. 38 Make prayer, then, to the Lord of the grain-fields, that he may send out workers to get in his grain.
  • John 4:30 : 30 So they went out of the town and came to him.

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  • John 4:36-38
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    36He who does the cutting now has his reward; he is getting together fruit for eternal life, so that he who did the planting and he who gets in the grain may have joy together.

    37In this the saying is a true one, One does the planting, and another gets in the grain.

    38I sent you to get in grain which you had no hand in planting: other men did that work, and you take the reward.

  • Mark 4:28-30
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    28The earth gives fruit by herself; first the leaf, then the head, then the full grain.

    29But when the grain is ready, he quickly sends men to get it cut, because the time for cutting has come.

    30And he said, What picture may we give of the kingdom of God, or with what story may we make it clear?

  • Matt 9:37-38
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    37Then he said to his disciples, There is much grain but not enough men to get it in.

    38Make prayer, then, to the Lord of the grain-fields, that he may send out workers to get in his grain.

  • 34Jesus said, My food is to do the pleasure of him who sent me and to make his work complete.

  • 2And he said to them, There is much grain ready to be cut, but not enough workers: so make prayer to the Lord of the grain-fields that he will send workers to get in the grain.

  • Mark 4:3-4
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    3A man went out to put seed in the earth:

    4And while he was doing it, some was dropped by the wayside, and the birds came and took it for food.

  • Rev 14:14-16
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    14And I saw a white cloud, and on the cloud I saw one seated, like a son of man, having on his head a crown of gold, and in his hand a sharp curved blade.

    15And another angel came out from the house of God, crying with a loud voice to him who was seated on the cloud, Put in your blade, and let the grain be cut: because the hour for cutting it is come; for the grain of the earth is over-ready.

    16And he who was seated on the cloud sent in his blade on the earth; and the grain of the earth was cut.

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    28And he said, Someone has done this in hate. And the servants say to him, Is it your pleasure that we go and take them up?

    29But he says, No, for fear that by chance while you take up the evil plants, you may be rooting up the grain with them.

    30Let them come up together till the getting in of the grain; and then I will say to the workers, Take up first the evil plants, and put them together for burning: but put the grain into my store-house.

  • 4See, the money which you falsely kept back from the workers cutting the grass in your field, is crying out against you; and the cries of those who took in your grain have come to the ears of the Lord of armies.

  • 4While it is day we have to do the works of him who sent me: the night comes when no work may be done.

  • 14The seed is the word.

  • 9And let us not get tired of well-doing; for at the right time we will get in the grain, if we do not give way to weariness.

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    28But when these things come about, let your heads be lifted up, because your salvation is near.

    29And he made a story for them: See the fig-tree, and all the trees;

    30When they put out their young leaves, you take note of it, and it is clear to you that summer is coming.

    31In the same way, when you see these things taking place you may be certain that the kingdom of God is near.

  • 7Go on waiting calmly, my brothers, till the coming of the Lord, like the farmer waiting for the good fruit of the earth till the early and late rains have come.

  • 5For before the time of getting in the grapes, after the opening of the bud, when the flower has become a grape ready for crushing, he will take away the small branches with knives, cutting down and taking away the wide-stretching branches.

  • 13I will give your sons and your daughters into the hands of the children of Judah for a price, and they will give them for a price to the men of Sheba, a nation far off: for the Lord has said it.

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    28Take an example from the fig-tree: when its branches become soft and put out their leaves, you see that the summer is near;

    29Even so, when you see these things taking place, you may be certain that he is near, even at the doors.

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    38And the field is the world; and the good seed is the sons of the kingdom; and the evil seeds are the sons of the Evil One;

    39And he who put them in the earth is Satan; and the getting in of the grain is the end of the world; and those who get it in are the angels.

  • 20And these are they who were planted on the good earth; such as give ear to the word, and take it into their hearts, and give fruit, thirty and sixty and a hundred times as much.

  • 4And he said to them, Go into the vine-garden with the others, and whatever is right I will give you. And they went to work.

  • 3For this is what the Lord says to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem: Get your unworked land ploughed up, do not put in your seeds among thorns.

  • 28Then they said to him, How may we do the works of God?

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    32Now take an example from the fig-tree: when her branch has become soft and puts out its leaves, you are certain that the summer is near;

    33Even so, when you see all these things, you may be certain that he is near, even at the doors.

  • 4Be in me at all times as I am in you. As the branch is not able to give fruit of itself, if it is not still on the vine, so you are not able to do so if you are not in me.

  • 34And when the time for the fruit came near, he sent his servants to the workmen, to get the fruit.

  • 33Take care, keep watch with prayer: for you are not certain when the time will be.

  • 24And he gave them another story, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a man who put good seed in his field:

  • 6They get mixed grain from the field, and they take away the late fruit from the vines of those who have wealth.

  • 17From that time Jesus went about preaching and saying, Let your hearts be turned from sin, for the kingdom of heaven is near.

  • 26And he said, Such is the kingdom of God, as if a man put seed in the earth,

  • 37And what I say to you, I say to all, Keep watch.

  • 7They say to him, Because no man has given us work. He says to them, Go in with the rest, into the vine-garden.

  • 8And some, falling on good earth, gave fruit, coming up and increasing, and giving thirty, sixty, and a hundred times as much.

  • 7He who gets in the grain has no use for it; and they do not make bands of it for the grain-stems.