KJV King James Version
Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
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John 4:34
Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.
WEB World English Bible
Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to accomplish his work.
ASV American Standard Version
Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to accomplish his work.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Jesus saith to them, ‘My food is, that I may do the will of Him who sent me, and may finish His work;
Surrounding context — John 4
31 In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat.
32 But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of.
33 Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought him [ought] to eat?
34 Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
35 Say not ye, There are yet four months, and [then] cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.
36 And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.
37 And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.
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λέγειG3004 · legōto sayαὐτοῖςG846 · autosit/s/heὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoἸησοῦς·G2424 · IēsousJesusἐμὸνG1473 · egōI/weβρῶμάG1033 · brōmafoodἐστινG1510 · eimito beἵναG2443 · hinain order that/toποιήσωG4160 · poieōto do/make: doτὸG3588 · hothe/this/whoθέλημαG2307 · thelēmawill/desireτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoπέμψαντόςG3992 · pempōto sendμεG3165 · memeκαὶG2532 · kaiandτελειώσωG5048 · teleioōto perfectαὐτοῦG846 · autosit/s/heτὸG3588 · hothe/this/whoἔργον.G2041 · ergonwork
Cross-references
John 6:38For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.John 5:30I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.Job 23:12Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary [food].John 17:4I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.John 19:30When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.John 4:32But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of.Matthew 26:39And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou [wilt].John 5:36But I have greater witness than [that] of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.Luke 19:10For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.Psalm 40:8I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law [is] within my heart.Hebrews 12:2Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of [our] faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.Luke 15:10Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.Isaiah 61:1-3The Spirit of the Lord GOD [is] upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to [them that are] bound;John 6:33For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.Acts 20:35I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.Luke 15:4-6What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?
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