John 4:38

Bishops' Bible (1568)

I sent you to reape that, wheron ye bestowed no labour. Other men laboured, and ye are entred into their labours.

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  • John 1:7 : 7 The same came for a witnesse, to beare witnesse of the lyght, that all men through hym myght beleue.
  • Acts 8:14-17 : 14 When the apostles whiche were at Hierusalem, hearde say that Samaria hadde receaued the worde of God, they sent vnto them Peter and Iohn. 15 Which when they were come downe, prayed for the that they myght receaue the holy ghost. 16 (For as yet he was come downe vpon none of them, but they were baptized only in the name of Christ Iesu.) 17 Then layde they their handes on the, and they receaued the holy ghost.
  • Matt 11:8-9 : 8 Or what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft rayment? Beholde, they that weare soft clothyng are in kinges houses. 9 But what went ye out for to see? A prophete? yea I say vnto you, and more then a prophete. 10 For this is he of whom it is written: Beholde I sende my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. 11 Ueryly I say vnto you, among them that are borne of women, arose not a greater then Iohn the Baptist: Notwithstandyng, he that is lesse in the kingdome of heauen, is greater then he. 12 From the dayes of Iohn the Baptist vntyll nowe, the kingdome of heauen suffereth violence, & the violent plucke it vnto them. 13 For all the prophetes and the lawe it selfe prophecied vnto Iohn.
  • Acts 10:37-38 : 37 Ye knowe howe the worde was publisshed through all Iurie, begynnyng in Galilee, after the baptisme whiche Iohn preached: 38 Howe God annoynted Iesus of Nazareth, with the holy ghoste, and with power: Who went about doyng good, and healyng all that were oppressed of the deuyll, for God was with hym.
  • Acts 10:42-43 : 42 And he commaunded vs to preache vnto the people, and to testifie that it is he whiche was ordeyned of God to be the iudge of quicke and dead. 43 To hym geue all the prophetes witnesse, that through his name whosoeuer beleueth in hym, shall receaue remission of sinnes.
  • 1 Pet 1:11-12 : 11 Searchyng when or at what tyme the spirite of Christ which was in them, shoulde signifie, which spirite testified before, the passions that should happen vnto Christe, and the glorie that shoulde folowe after. 12 Unto which prophetes it was also declared, that not vnto them selues, but vnto vs, they shoulde minister ye thinges which are nowe shewed vnto you of them, which by the holy ghost sent downe from heauen, haue in the Gospell preached vnto you, the thynges which the Angels desire to beholde.
  • Acts 2:41 : 41 Then they that gladly receaued his worde, were baptized: And the same day there were added vnto them, about three thousande soules.
  • Acts 4:4 : 4 Howbeit, many of them which hearde the worde, beleued: and the number of the men was about fyue thousande.
  • Acts 4:32 : 32 And the multitude of them that beleued, were of one heart, and of one soule: Neither sayde any of them, that ought of ye thynges which he possessed, was his owne: but they had all thinges common.
  • Acts 5:14 : 14 The number of them that beleued in the Lorde, both of men and women, grewe more and more.)
  • Acts 6:7 : 7 And the worde of God encreased, & the number of ye disciples multiplied in Hierusalem greatly, and a great companie of the priestes were obedient to ye fayth.
  • Acts 8:4-8 : 4 Therfore, they that were scattered abrode, went euery where preachyng the worde of God. 5 Then came Philip into the citie of Samaria, & preached Christe vnto the. 6 And the people gaue heede vnto those thynges whiche Philip spake with one accorde, hearyng and seing the miracles which he dyd. 7 For vncleane spirites, crying with loude voyce, came out of manye that were possessed with them. And many taken with paulsies, & many that haulted, were healed. 8 And there was great ioy in that citie.
  • 2 Chr 36:15 : 15 And the Lorde God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising vp betimes, and sending: for he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place.
  • Jer 44:4 : 4 Howbeit I sent vnto them my seruauntes all the prophetes, I rose vp early, I sent vnto them and gaue them warning, O do no suche abhominable thinges, and thinges that I hate.
  • Matt 3:1-6 : 1 In those dayes, came Iohn the Baptist, preachyng in the wyldernesse of Iurie, and saying. 2 Repent, for the kingdome of heauen is at hande. 3 For this is he, of whom it is spoken by the prophete Esayas, saying. The voyce of one crying in the wyldernesse: prepare ye the way of the Lorde, make his pathes strayght. 4 This Iohn had his rayment of Camels heere, and a girdle of a skynne about his loynes, his meate was locustes, and wylde hony. 5 Then went out to hym Hierusalem, and all Iurie, and all the region rounde about Iordane, 6 And were baptized of hym in Iordane, confessyng their sinnes.
  • Matt 4:23 : 23 And Iesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preachyng the Gospell of the kingdome, and healyng all maner of sicknesse, and all maner of disease among the people.

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  • John 4:34-37
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    34Iesus sayth vnto them: my meate is to do the wyll of hym that sent me, and to finishe his worke.

    35Say not ye, there are yet foure monethes, and then commeth haruest? Beholde, I say vnto you, lyft vp your eyes, and loke on the regions: for they are whyte alredy vnto haruest.

    36And he that reapeth, receaueth wages, and gathereth fruite vnto lyfe eternall: that both he that soweth, & he that reapeth, myght reioyce together.

    37And herein is the saying true, that one soweth, and another reapeth.

  • Matt 9:37-38
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    37Then sayth he vnto his disciples: the haruest truely is plenteous, but the labourers are fewe.

    38Pray ye therfore the lorde of the haruest, that he wyl thrust foorth labourers into the haruest.

  • 2Therefore sayde he vnto them: The haruest is great, but the labourers are fewe. Pray ye therfore the Lorde of the haruest, to sende foorth labourers into his haruest.

  • 4And saide vnto them: Go ye also into ye vineyard, & whatsoeuer is right, I wyl geue you. And they went their way.

  • 39Many of the Samaritanes of that citie beleued on hym, for the saying of the woman, which testified that he tolde her all that euer she dyd.

  • Matt 20:6-8
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    6And about the eleuenth houre, he wet out, and founde other standyng idle, and saide vnto them: why stande ye here all the day idle?

    7They saye vnto him: because no man hath hyred vs. He sayth vnto them: go ye also into the vineyarde, and whatsoeuer is ryght, that shall ye receaue.

    8So, when euen was come, the lorde of the vineyard sayth vnto his steward: Call the labourers, and geue them their hire, beginning at ye last, vntyll the first.

  • 1 Cor 3:8-9
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    8He that planteth, & he that watreth, are one, and euery man shal receaue his rewarde accordyng to his labour.

    9For we together are Gods labourers, ye are Gods husbandrie ye are Gods buyldyng.

  • 26His Lorde aunswered, and sayde vnto hym: Thou euyll and slouthfull seruaut, thou knewest that I reape where I sowed not, and gather where I haue not strowed,

  • 6The labouryng husbandman, must first be partaker of the fruites.

  • 4Beholde, the hire of labourers, which haue reaped downe your fieldes, which hire is of you kept backe by fraude, cryeth: and the cryes of them which haue reaped, are entred into the eares of the Lorde Sabaoth.

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    27So, the seruauntes of the housholder came, and sayde vnto hym. Sir, diddest not thou sowe good seede in thy fielde? from whence then hath it tares?

    28He sayde vnto them: the malicious man hath done this. The seruauntes sayde vnto hym: wylt thou then that we go, and gather them vp?

    29But he sayde, nay: lest whyle ye gather vp the tares, ye rote vp also the wheate with them.

  • 12Saying: These laste haue wrought but one houre, & thou hast made them equall vnto vs, whiche haue borne the burthen and heate of the day.

  • 3Hearken: Beholde, there went out a sower to sowe:

  • 6This yet I say he which soweth litle, shall reape litle: and he that soweth in geuyng largely and freely, shall reape plenteouslie.

  • 2And he agreed with the labourers for a peny a day, & sent them into his vineyarde.

  • Mark 4:28-29
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    28For the earth bringeth foorth fruite of her selfe, first the blade, then the eare, after that, the full corne in the eare.

    29But when the fruite is brought foorth, anone he thrusteth in the sickle, because the haruest is come.

  • 38His worde haue ye not abydyng in you: For who he hath set, him ye beleue not.

  • 28Come vnto me all ye that labour sore, and are laden, and I wyll ease you.

  • 28But what thynke you? A man had two sonnes, and came to the firste, and saide: sonne, go and worke to day in my vineyarde.

  • 11If we haue sowen vnto you spirituall thinges, is it a great thing if we reape your carnall thinges?

  • 14The sower, soweth the worde.

  • 24Then he which had receaued the one talent, came, and saide: Lorde I knew thee, that thou art an harde man, reapyng where thou hast not sowen, & gatheryng where thou hast not strowed.

  • 2And when the tyme was come, he sent to the husbande men a seruaunt, that he myght receaue of the husbandmen, of the fruite of the vineyarde.

  • 38I speake that whiche I haue seene with my father: and ye do that whiche ye haue seene with your father.

  • 8For he that soweth into his flesshe, shal of the flesshe reape corruption: But he that soweth into the spirite, shall of the spirite reape lyfe euerlastyng.

  • 8And some fell vpon good grounde, and dyd yelde fruite, that sprang vp, and grewe, and brought foorth, some thirtie folde, and some sixtie folde, and some an hundred folde.

  • 37And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shalbe, but bare corne, as of wheate, or of some other:

  • 38Thou shalt carry muche seede out into the fielde, and shalt gather but litle in: for the grashoppers shall destroy it.

  • 4I must worke the workes of him that sent me, whyle it is daye. The nyght commeth when no man can worke.

  • 28Then saide they vnto him: What shall we do, that we myght worke ye workes of God?

  • 18For the scripture sayth: Thou shalt not moosel the oxe that treadeth out the corne: And, the labourer is worthy of his rewarde.

  • 21For I feared thee, because thou art a strayte man: Thou takest vp that thou laydest not downe, & reapest that thou dyddest not sowe.

  • 40He that receaueth you, receaueth me: & he that receaueth me, receaueth hym that sent me.

  • 7Whereof the mower fylleth not his hande: neither he that byndeth vp the sheaues his armes full.

  • 5The sower wet out to sowe his seede: and as he sowed, some fell by the way syde, and it was troden downe, and the foules of the ayre deuoured it vp.

  • 35I haue shewed you all thinges, howe that so labouryng ye ought to receaue the weake, and to remember ye wordes of the Lorde Iesu, howe that he said, it is more blessed to geue, then to receaue.

  • 4Byde in me, and I in you. As the braunche can not beare fruite of it selfe, except it byde in the vine: no more can ye, except ye abyde in me.

  • 34And when the time of the fruite drewe neare, he sent his seruauntes to the husbande men, that they might receaue the fruites of it.

  • 20Ueryly, veryly, I say vnto you, he that receaueth whomsoeuer I sende, receaueth me: And he that receaueth me, receaueth hym that sent me.

  • 7But which of you, hauyng a seruaunt plowyng, or feedyng cattell, woulde say vnto hym by & by when he were come from the fielde, go and syt downe at the table: