At this, his disciples came. They marveled that he was speaking with a woman; yet no one said, \u201cWhat are you looking for?\u201d or, \u201cWhy do you speak with her?\u201d So the woman left her water pot, and went away into the city, and said to the people, \u201cCome, see a man who told me everything that I did. Can this be the Christ?\u201d
\nThey went out of the city, and were coming to him. In the meanwhile, the disciples urged him, saying, \u201cRabbi, eat.\u201d
\nBut he said to them, \u201cI have food to eat that you don\u2019t know about.\u201d
\nThe disciples therefore said to one another, \u201cHas anyone brought him something to eat?\u201d
\nJesus said to them, \u201cMy food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to accomplish his work. Don\u2019t you say, \u2018There are yet four months until the harvest?\u2019 Behold, I tell you, lift up your eyes, and look at the fields, that they are white for harvest already. He who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit to eternal life; that both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together. For in this the saying is true, \u2018One sows, and another reaps.\u2019 I sent you to reap that for which you haven\u2019t labored. Others have labored, and you have entered into their labor.\u201d
\nFrom that city many of the Samaritans believed in him because of the word of the woman, who testified, \u201cHe told me everything that I did.\u201d So when the Samaritans came to him, they begged him to stay with them. He stayed there two days. Many more believed because of his word. They said to the woman, \u201cNow we believe, not because of your speaking; for we have heard for ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Savior of the world.\u201d<\/p>\n
(John 4:27-42 WEB)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
At this, his disciples came. They marveled that he was speaking with a woman; yet no one said, \u201cWhat are you looking for?\u201d or, \u201cWhy do you speak with her?\u201d So the woman left her water pot, and went away … Continue reading