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John 4:29-39 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

29. "Come. See a man who told me everything I've ever done. Could this be the Christ?"

30. The people came out of the town and made their way toward Jesus.

31. His disciples were saying to him, "Rabbi, eat something!"

32. But he said to them, "I have food to eat that you know nothing about."

33. Then his disciples asked each other, "Did someone bring him food?"

34. Jesus said, "My food is to do what my Father sent me to do. My food is to finish his work.

35. "You say, 'Four months more, and then it will be harvest time.' But I tell you, open your eyes! Look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest right now.

36. Those who gather the crop are already getting paid. They are already harvesting the crop for eternal life. So those who plant and those who gather can now be glad together.

37. "Here is a true saying. 'One plants and another gathers.'

38. I sent you to gather what you have not worked for. Others have done the hard work. You have gathered the benefits of their work."

39. Many of the Samaritans from the town of Sychar believed in Jesus. They believed because of the woman's witness. She said, "He told me everything I've ever done."

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