João 4:38

38 Eu os enviei para colherem o que vocês não cultivaram. Outros realizaram o trabalho árduo, e vocês vieram a usufruir do trabalho deles”.

João 4:38 Meaning and Commentary

John 4:38

I sent you to reap
To preach the Gospel, and gather in souls by your ministry; referring to the mission of them in ( Matthew 10:6 Matthew 10:7 ) ;

that whereon ye bestowed no labour;
being sent to the Jews, who had the writings of the prophets, and were versed in them; and had learned from them that the Messiah was to come, and were now in general expectation of him; so that they had nothing more to do, than to declare to those persons who were cultivated by the prophets, and were like to ground tilled and manured, that the Messiah was come, and the kingdom of heaven was at hand.

Other men laboured;
the prophets, and John the Baptist:

and ye are entered into their labours;
to finish the work they had begun, and which was almost done to their hands.

João 4:38 In-Context

36 Aquele que colhe já recebe o seu salário e colhe fruto para a vida eterna, de forma que se alegram juntos o que semeia e o que colhe.

37 Assim é verdadeiro o ditado: ‘Um semeia, e outro colhe’.

38 Eu os enviei para colherem o que vocês não cultivaram. Outros realizaram o trabalho árduo, e vocês vieram a usufruir do trabalho deles”.

39 Muitos samaritanos daquela cidade creram nele por causa do seguinte testemunho dado pela mulher: “Ele me disse tudo o que tenho feito”.

40 Assim, quando se aproximaram dele, os samaritanos insistiram em que ficasse com eles, e ele ficou dois dias.