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The Book of John, Chapter 4, Verse 27

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Jesus saith unto her, ‹I that speak unto thee am› [he].
King James Version
And upon this came his disciples, and marvelled that he talked with the woman: yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why talkest thou with her?
American Standard Version
And upon this came his disciples; and they marvelled that he was speaking with a woman; yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why speakest thou with her?
New English Translation
For in this instance the saying is true,‘One sows and another reaps.’
World English Bible
At this, his disciples came. They marveled that he was speaking with a woman; yet no one said, "What are you looking for?" or, "Why do you speak with her?"
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The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men,
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Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?
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Then they went out of the city, and came unto him.
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In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat.
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But he said unto them, ‹I have meat to eat that ye know not of.›
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Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought him [ought] to eat?
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Jesus saith unto them, ‹My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.›
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‹Say not ye, There are yet four months, and› [then] ‹cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.›
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‹And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.›
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‹And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.›