John 4:37

37 In this respect the saying is true: 'One person plants, and another person harvests.'

John 4:37 Meaning and Commentary

John 4:37

And herein is that saying true
This verifies that proverbial expression so much in use, and which may be applied to different persons and cases:

one soweth, and another reapeth;
the prophets sowed, and the apostles reaped.

John 4:37 In-Context

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.

36 The 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.

37 In this respect the saying is true: 'One person plants, and another person harvests.'

38 I 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."

39 Many Samaritans in that city believed in Jesus because of the woman who said, "He told me everything I've ever done."