John 4:27–38

²⁷At that time his disciples returned. They were surprised that he was talking to a woman. But none of them asked him, “What do you want from her?” or “Why are you talking to her?” 

²⁸Then the woman left her water jar and went back into the city. She told the people, ²⁹“Come with me, and meet a man who told me everything I’ve ever done. Could he be the Messiah?” ³⁰The people left the city and went to meet Jesus. 

³¹Meanwhile, the disciples were urging him, “Rabbi, have something to eat.” 

³²Jesus told them, “I have food to eat that you don’t know about.” 

³³The disciples asked each other, “Did someone bring him something to eat?” 

³⁴Jesus told them, “My food is to do what the one who sent me wants me to do and to finish the work he has given me. 

³⁵“Don’t you say, ‘In four more months the harvest will be here’? I’m telling you to look and see that the fields are ready to be harvested. ³⁶The person who harvests the crop is already getting paid. He is gathering grain for eternal life. So the person who plants the grain and the person who harvests it are happy together. ³⁷In this respect the saying is true: ‘One person plants, and another person harvests.’ ³⁸I have sent you to harvest a crop you have not worked for. Other people have done the hard work, and you have followed them in their work.”