I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.
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Gill's Exposition
I sent you to reap,.... To preach the Gospel, and gather in souls by your ministry; referring to the mission of them in Mat 10:6;
that whereon ye bestowed no labour; being sent to the Jews, who had…
Barnes' Notes
I sent you - In the commission given you to preach the gospel. You have not labored or toiled in preparing the way for the great harvest which is now to be gathered in. Other men laboured - The…
We have here the remainder of the story of what happened when Christ was in Samaria, after the long conference he had with the woman.
I. The interruption given to this discourse by the disciples'…
Cambridge Bible
I sent you, &c. The pronouns are again emphatically opposed, as in Joh 4:4.
other men Christ, the Sower; but put in the plural to balance -ye" in the next clause. In Joh 4:4 both are put in the…
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