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John 4:32–34

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32But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you do not know about.” 33So the disciples said to one another, l“Has anyone brought him something to eat?” 34Jesus said to them, m“My food is nto do the will of him who sent me and oto accomplish his work.

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John 4:34: Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work.”

Cross references

  1. l[ver. 11, 15; ch. 3:4; 6:34, 52]
  2. m[Job 23:12]
  3. nch. 5:30; 6:38; 14:31
  4. och. 5:36; 17:4

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”

Then his disciples said to each other, “Could someone have brought him food?”

“My food,” said Jesus, “is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

But he said, “I have food to eat that you don’t know about.”

The disciples said to one another, “Could someone have brought him something to eat?”

“My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work,” Jesus told them.

NLTNew Living Translation

But Jesus replied, “I have a kind of food you know nothing about.”

“Did someone bring him food while we were gone?” the disciples asked each other.

Then Jesus explained: “My nourishment comes from doing the will of God, who sent me, and from finishing his work.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you do not know about.” So the disciples began to say to one another, “No one brought him anything to eat, did they?” Jesus said to them, “My food is that I do the will of the one who sent me and complete his work.

KJV 1900King James Version

But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of. Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought him ought to eat? Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.