John 4:37

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Mic 6:15 : 15 Thou -- thou sowest, and thou dost not reap, Thou -- thou treadest the olive, And thou pourest not out oil, And new wine -- and thou drinkest not wine.
  • Job 31:8 : 8 Let me sow -- and another eat, And my products let be rooted out.
  • Judg 6:3 : 3 And it hath been, if Israel hath sowed, that Midian hath come up, and Amalek, and the sons of the east, yea, they have come up against him,
  • Luke 19:21 : 21 for I was afraid of thee, because thou art an austere man; thou takest up what thou didst not lay down, and reapest what thou didst not sow.

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