John 4:38

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I sent you to reap what you have not worked for; others have labored, and you have entered into their labor.

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  • John 1:7 : 7 He came as a witness, to testify about the Light, so that through him everyone might believe.
  • Acts 8:14-17 : 14 When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them. 15 When they arrived, they prayed for them to receive the Holy Spirit, 16 For the Holy Spirit had not yet come upon any of them; they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 17 Then they laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
  • Matt 11:8-9 : 8 But what did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft garments? Look, those who wear soft clothing live in royal palaces. 9 But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. 10 This is the one about whom it is written: 'Behold, I send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way before You.' 11 Truly I tell you, among those born of women there has not arisen anyone greater than John the Baptist; yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. 12 From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been subjected to force, and forceful people lay hold of it. 13 For all the prophets and the Law prophesied until John.
  • Acts 10:37-38 : 37 You know what has happened throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John preached— 38 how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how He went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him.
  • Acts 10:42-43 : 42 He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that He is the one appointed by God to be the judge of the living and the dead. 43 All the prophets testify about Him, that everyone who believes in Him receives forgiveness of sins through His name.
  • 1 Pet 1:11-12 : 11 They inquired into what time or situation the Spirit of Christ within them was indicating when He testified beforehand about the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow. 12 It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves, but you, when they spoke of the things that have now been announced to you by those who preached the gospel to you through the Holy Spirit sent from heaven—things even angels long to look into.
  • Acts 2:41 : 41 Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day.
  • Acts 4:4 : 4 But many of those who heard the message believed, and the number of men grew to about five thousand.
  • Acts 4:32 : 32 The multitude of believers were of one heart and soul, and no one claimed that any of their possessions was their own, but they had everything in common.
  • Acts 5:14 : 14 Nevertheless, more and more men and women believed in the Lord and were being added to their number.
  • Acts 6:7 : 7 So the word of God spread. The number of the disciples in Jerusalem increased rapidly, and a large group of priests became obedient to the faith.
  • Acts 8:4-8 : 4 Those who had been scattered went about spreading the good news of the word. 5 Philip went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed Christ to them. 6 The crowds, united in one mind, paid close attention to what Philip was saying as they heard and saw the miraculous signs he was performing. 7 For many who were possessed by unclean spirits were freed as the spirits came out, crying out in a loud voice, and many who were paralyzed or lame were healed. 8 So there was great joy in that city.
  • 2 Chr 36:15 : 15 The LORD, the God of their ancestors, sent word to them repeatedly through His messengers, because He had compassion on His people and His dwelling place.
  • Jer 44:4 : 4 I sent you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying: 'Do not do this detestable thing that I hate.'
  • Matt 3:1-6 : 1 At that time, John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, 2 and saying, 'Repent, because the kingdom of heaven has come near.' 3 This is the one who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: 'A voice of one crying out in the wilderness: Prepare the way for the Lord; make His paths straight.' 4 Now John himself had a garment made of camel’s hair, and a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey. 5 Then people from Jerusalem, all Judea, and the entire region around the Jordan were going out to him, 6 and they were being baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins.
  • Matt 4:23 : 23 Jesus went throughout all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every affliction among the people.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • John 4:34-37
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    85%

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

    35Do you not say, 'There are still four months until harvest'? Look, I tell you: Lift up your eyes and see that the fields are white for harvest already.

    36The one who reaps is receiving wages and gathering fruit for eternal life, so that the one who sows and the one who reaps may rejoice together.

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

  • Matt 9:37-38
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    37Then he said to his disciples, 'The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.'

    38Therefore, ask the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest field.

  • Luke 10:2
    74%

    2He said to them, 'The harvest is abundant, but the workers are few. Therefore, pray to the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest.'

  • Matt 20:4
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    4He told them, 'You also go into the vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right.'

  • John 4:39
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    39Many of the Samaritans from that city believed in him because of the woman’s testimony when she said, 'He told me everything I ever did.'

  • Matt 20:6-8
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    6About the eleventh hour, he went out and found others standing idle. He asked them, 'Why have you been standing here all day doing nothing?'

    7They answered, 'Because no one has hired us.' He said to them, 'You also go into the vineyard.'

    8When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, 'Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last and going to the first.'

  • 1 Cor 3:8-9
    2 verses
    72%

    8The one who plants and the one who waters are one, and each will receive their reward according to their own labor.

    9For we are God’s coworkers; you are God’s field, God’s building.

  • Matt 25:26
    72%

    26His master answered, ‘You wicked and lazy servant! You knew that I harvest where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered.

  • 2 Tim 2:6
    71%

    6The hardworking farmer should be the first to partake of the crops.

  • Jas 5:4
    71%

    4Look, the wages that you withheld from the workers who harvested your fields are crying out, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.

  • Matt 13:27-29
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    70%

    27The servants of the landowner came to him and said, 'Master, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Then where did the weeds come from?'

    28He replied, 'An enemy did this.' The servants asked him, 'Do you want us to go and pull them up?'

    29‘No,’ he answered, ‘because while you are pulling up the weeds, you might uproot the wheat with them.

  • Matt 20:12
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    12'These who were hired last worked only one hour,' they said, 'and you have made them equal to us, who have borne the burden of the work and the heat of the day.'

  • Mark 4:3
    70%

    3Listen! A sower went out to sow.

  • 2 Cor 9:6
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    6Remember this: The one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows generously will also reap generously.

  • Matt 20:2
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    2He agreed to pay them a denarius for the day and sent them into his vineyard.

  • Mark 4:28-29
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    28The soil produces a crop by itself—first the blade, then the head, and then the full grain on the head.

    29As soon as the crop is ready, he sends for the sickle because the harvest has come.

  • John 5:38
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    38Nor do you have His word abiding in you, because you do not believe the one He sent.

  • Matt 11:28
    69%

    28Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

  • Matt 21:28
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    28What do you think? A man had two sons. He went to the first and said, 'Son, go work today in the vineyard.'

  • 1 Cor 9:11
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    11If we have sown spiritual things among you, is it too much if we reap material benefits from you?

  • Mark 4:14
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    14The sower sows the word.

  • Matt 25:24
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    24Then the servant who had received one talent came and said, ‘Master, I knew that you are a hard man, harvesting where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed.

  • Mark 12:2
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    2At the appointed time, he sent a servant to the farmers to collect from them some of the fruit of the vineyard.

  • John 8:38
    69%

    38I speak of what I have seen in the presence of the Father, and you do what you have heard from your father."

  • Gal 6:8
    69%

    8The one who sows to their flesh will reap decay from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit.

  • Mark 4:8
    68%

    8Still other seed fell on good soil. It grew, producing fruit that increased and yielded thirty, sixty, and a hundred times what was sown.

  • 1 Cor 15:37
    68%

    37And what you sow, you do not sow the body that will be, but a bare seed—perhaps of wheat or something else.

  • Deut 28:38
    68%

    38You will sow much seed in the field but gather little, because locusts will consume it.

  • John 9:4
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    4'As long as it is day, we must do the works of Him who sent Me. Night is coming, when no one can work.'

  • John 6:28
    68%

    28Then they said to him, 'What must we do to perform the works of God?'

  • 1 Tim 5:18
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    18For the Scripture says, 'You shall not muzzle the ox while it is threshing,' and, 'The worker is worthy of his wages.'

  • Luke 19:21
    68%

    21'For I was afraid of you, because you are a harsh man. You take what you did not deposit, and reap what you did not sow.'

  • Matt 10:40
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    40Whoever welcomes you welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me.

  • Ps 129:7
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    7with which the reaper does not fill his hand, nor the binder of sheaves his arms.

  • Luke 8:5
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    5A sower went out to sow his seed. As he was sowing, some fell along the path; it was stepped on, and the birds of the sky devoured it.

  • Acts 20:35
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    35In all this, I have shown you that by working hard in this way, we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, who said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'

  • John 15:4
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    4Remain in me, as I also remain in you. Just as a branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, neither can you unless you remain in me.

  • Matt 21:34
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    34When the time came to harvest the fruit, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his fruit.

  • John 13:20
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    20Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever receives anyone I send receives Me, and whoever receives Me receives the One who sent Me.

  • Luke 17:7
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    7Which of you, having a servant plowing or tending sheep, will say to him when he comes in from the field, ‘Come at once and sit down to eat’?