John 4:35
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.
Context
This verse from John Chapter 4 connects to 5 cross-references. The Samaritan woman at Jacob's well: Jesus offers living water welling up to eternal life and reveals 'I who speak to you am he' — the first explicit messianic self-identification in John. The disciples are surprised he speaks to a …
Other Translations
Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh the harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields, that they are white already unto harvest.
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.
You would say, Four months from now is the time of the grain-cutting. Take a look, I say to you, at the fields; they are even now white for cutting.
Cross References
Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few;
Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.
Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord …
Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves.
Then they went out of the city, and came unto him.