John 4:37

37 for in this the saying is the true one, that one is the sower and another the reaper.

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 do not say that it is yet four months, and the harvest cometh; lo, I say to you, Lift up your eyes, and see the fields, that they are white unto harvest already.

36 `And he who is reaping doth receive a reward, and doth gather fruit to life age-during, that both he who is sowing and he who is reaping may rejoice together;

37 for in this the saying is the true one, that one is the sower and another the reaper.

38 I sent you to reap that on which ye have not laboured; others laboured, and ye into their labour have entered.

39 And from that city many believed in him, of the Samaritans, because of the word of the woman testifying, -- `He told me all things -- as many as I did.'