Parallel Verses

An Understandable Version

I sent you [disciples] to harvest [a crop] that you did not work on; other people have done the work and you have reaped the results of their work." [Note: This is probably an allusion to the preliminary work of preaching done by John, the Immerser, with results occurring under the preaching of the apostles].

New American Standard Bible

I sent you to reap that for which you have not labored; others have labored and you have entered into their labor.”

King James Version

I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.

Holman Bible

I sent you to reap what you didn’t labor for; others have labored, and you have benefited from their labor.”

International Standard Version

I have sent you to harvest what you have not worked for. Others have worked, and you have adopted their work as your own."

A Conservative Version

I sent you to reap what ye have not labored. Others have labored, and ye have entered into their labor.

American Standard Version

I sent you to reap that whereon ye have not labored: others have labored, and ye are entered into their labor.

Amplified

I sent you to reap [a crop] for which you have not worked. Others have worked and you have been privileged to reap the results of their work.”

Anderson New Testament

I have sent you to reap that on which you bestowed no labor. Others have labored, and you have entered into their labors.

Bible in Basic English

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

Common New Testament

I sent you to reap that for which you have not labored; others have labored, and you have entered into their labor."

Daniel Mace New Testament

I sent you to reap where you bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and you are entred into their labours.

Darby Translation

I have sent you to reap that on which ye have not laboured; others have laboured, and ye have entered into their labours.

Godbey New Testament

I have sent you to reap that upon which you have never labored: others have labored, and you have entered into their labor.

Goodspeed New Testament

I have sent you to reap a harvest on which you have not worked. Other men have worked and you have profited by their work."

John Wesley New Testament

I have sent you to reap that whereon ye have bestowed no labour: others have laboured, and ye are entered into their labour.

Julia Smith Translation

I sent you to reap that with which ye have not been wearied: some have been wearied, and others have come into their labor.

King James 2000

I sent you to reap that on which you bestowed no labor: other men labored, and you are entered into their labors.

Lexham Expanded Bible

I sent you to reap what you did not work for; others have worked, and you have entered into their work."

Modern King James verseion

I sent you to reap that on which you bestowed no labor. Other men labored, and you have entered into their labor.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labor. Other men laboured; And ye are entered into their labors."

Moffatt New Testament

I sent you to reap a crop for which you did not toil; other men have toiled, and you reap the profit of their toil."

Montgomery New Testament

I sent you to reap a crop on which you have not toiled. Others have toiled, and you have reaped the benefit of their toil."

NET Bible

I sent you to reap what you did not work for; others have labored and you have entered into their labor."

New Heart English Bible

I sent you to reap that for which you have not labored. Others have labored, and you have entered into their labor."

Noyes New Testament

I have sent you to reap that whereon ye have not labored. Others have labored, and ye have entered into their labor.

Sawyer New Testament

I have sent you to reap that on which you have not labored; others have labored and you have entered into their labor.

The Emphasized Bible

I, sent you forth, to be reaping that whereon, ye, have not toiled: Others, have toiled, and, ye, into their toil, have entered.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

I have sent you to reap that on which ye have bestowed no labour: others have laboured, and ye have entered into their labour.

Twentieth Century New Testament

I have sent you to reap that on which you have spent no labor; others have labored, and you have entered upon the results of their labor."

Webster

I sent you to reap that on which ye bestowed no labor: other men labored, and ye have entered into their labors.

Weymouth New Testament

I sent you to reap a harvest which is not the result of your own labours. Others have laboured, and you are getting benefit from their labours."

Williams New Testament

I have sent you to reap a harvest which you have not labored to make. Other men have labored, but you have reaped the results of their labors."

World English Bible

I sent you to reap that for which you haven't labored. Others have labored, and you have entered into their labor."

Worrell New Testament

I sent you to reap that on which ye bestowed no labor; others have labored, and ye entered into their labor."

Worsley New Testament

in as much as I have sent you to reap that on which ye have not laboured: others have laboured, and ye are entered into their labors.

Youngs Literal Translation

I sent you to reap that on which ye have not laboured; others laboured, and ye into their labour have entered.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
I
ἐγώ 
Ego 
I, my, me, not tr
Usage: 174

ἀποστέλλω 
Apostello 
Usage: 73

you
ὑμᾶς 
Humas 
you, ye, for your sakes Trans, not tr,
Usage: 314

to reap
θερίδω 
therizo 
Usage: 11

ὅς ἥ ὅ 
Hos 
Usage: 980

ye
ὑμείς 
Humeis 
ὑμείς 
Humeis 
ye, ye yourselves, you, not tr
ye, ye yourselves, you, not tr
Usage: 120
Usage: 120

κοπιάω 
Kopiao 
Usage: 17

no
οὐ 
Ou 
not, no, cannot ,
Usage: 1032

κοπιάω 
Kopiao 
Usage: 17

ἄλλος 
Allos 
Usage: 119

κοπιάω 
Kopiao 
Usage: 17

and

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

εἰσέρχομαι 
Eiserchomai 
enter, go, come in, go in, enter in, come, arise
Usage: 120

εἰς 
Eis 
into, to, unto, for, in, on, toward, against,
Usage: 1267


Usage: 0

Context Readings

The Disciples And The Harvest

37 So, the saying is true that one person plants and another harvests [the crop]. 38 I sent you [disciples] to harvest [a crop] that you did not work on; other people have done the work and you have reaped the results of their work." [Note: This is probably an allusion to the preliminary work of preaching done by John, the Immerser, with results occurring under the preaching of the apostles]. 39 Then many Samaritans from Sychar believed in Jesus because of the testimony of the woman, who said, "He told me everything that I ever did."

Cross References

Acts 8:14-17

Now when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that the people of Samaria had responded to the message of God, they sent Peter and John to them.

Matthew 3:1-6

In those days, John the Immerser went into the desert of Judea preaching [to Jews], saying,

Matthew 4:23

Jesus went all over Galilee teaching in the [Jewish] synagogues and preaching the good news of the [coming, see verse 17] kingdom, and healing all kinds of disease and sickness among the people.

Matthew 11:8-13

What did you expect to see? A man dressed in fancy clothes? Look, people who wear fancy clothes live in kings' palaces.

John 1:7

He came to be a witness, so that he might testify concerning that Light, so that all people would believe [in Jesus] through him [i.e., through his testimony. See Acts 19:4].

Acts 2:41

Then those who responded [by faith] to the words [spoken by Peter and the apostles] were immersed, and about three thousand persons were added to them [i.e., the apostles] on that day.

Acts 4:4

But many of the people who heard the message [of God] believed [in Jesus] and the number of men [alone] came to be about five thousand.

Acts 4:32

So, the large number of believers were united in heart and soul [i.e., mind and spirit] and not one of them said that anything he owned [really] belonged to him, but they shared all things in common.

Acts 5:14

And more and more believers were [being] added to the [people of the] Lord.

Acts 6:7

So, the message of God increased [in its influence] and the disciples multiplied in number greatly in Jerusalem, [so that even] a large number of [Jewish] priests became obedient to [the message of] the faith.

Acts 8:4-8

Now the disciples, who had become scattered all over, went everywhere preaching the message [of God].

Acts 10:37-38

You yourselves know [all this, and] how this message was proclaimed throughout Judea, having begun from Galilee after the preaching of the immersion [taught and practiced] by John.

Acts 10:42-43

And He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that He [i.e., Jesus] is the One whom God ordained to be the Judge of people who are [now] alive and those who have [already] died.

1 Peter 1:11-12

They studied [their own prophecies] to learn what, or which, [person or] time the Holy Spirit in them pointed to, in predicting the sufferings of Christ and the glories yet to come.

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