²⁷Just then his followers came back from town and were surprised to see him talking with a woman. But none of them asked, “What do you want?” or “Why are you talking with her?”

²⁸Then the woman left her water jar and went back to town. She said to the people, ²⁹“Come and see a man who told me everything I ever did. Do you think he might be the Christ?” ³⁰So the people left the town and went to see Jesus.

³¹Meanwhile, his followers were begging him, “Teacher, eat something.”

³²But Jesus answered, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”

³³So the followers asked themselves, “Did somebody already bring him food?”

³⁴Jesus said, “My food is to do what the One who sent me wants me to do and to finish his work. ³⁵You have a saying, ‘Four more months till harvest.’ But I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields ready for harvest now. ³⁶Already, the one who harvests is being paid and is gathering crops for eternal life. So the one who plants and the one who harvests celebrate at the same time. ³⁷Here the saying is true, ‘One person plants, and another harvests.’ ³⁸I sent you to harvest a crop that you did not work on. Others did the work, and you get to finish up their work.” ⁿ

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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.”

Footnotes

nI … their work. As a farmer sends workers to harvest grain, Jesus sends his followers out to bring people to God.