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The Book of John, Chapter 4, Verse 34

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Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought him [ought] to eat?
King James Version
Jesus saith unto them, ‹My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.›
American Standard Version
Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to accomplish his work.
New English Translation
(For Jesus himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country.)
World English Bible
Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to accomplish his work.
35
‹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.›
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‹I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.›
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And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did.
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So when the Samaritans were come unto him, they besought him that he would tarry with them: and he abode there two days.
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And many more believed because of his own word;
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And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard [him] ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.
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Now after two days he departed thence, and went into Galilee.
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For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honour in his own country.