Day 32: Fields ready for harvest

John 4:27-42 (OTB)

²⁷At that moment His disciples returned and were surprised to find Him talking with a woman. But no one asked, “What do You want?” or “Why are You talking with her?” ²⁸The woman left her water jar and went back to the town, telling the people, ²⁹“Come, see a man who has told me everything I have ever done. Could this be the Messiah?” ³⁰They left the town and made their way towards Him. ³¹Meanwhile His disciples urged Him, “Rabbi, please eat something.” ³²But He responded to them, “I have food that you do not know about.” ³³Upon hearing this, His disciples wondered among themselves, “Could someone have brought Him food?” ³⁴“My food,” said Jesus, “is to do the will of the One who sent Me and to complete His work. ³⁵Do you not say, ‘It’s still four months until harvest’? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest. ³⁶Even now the one who reaps draws a wage and gathers fruit for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may be glad together. ³⁷Thus the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ holds true. ³⁸I sent you to reap what you have not worked for. Others have done the hard work, and you have benefited from their labour.” ³⁹Many of the Samaritans from that town came to believe in Him because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.” ⁴⁰So when the Samaritans came to Him, they urged Him to stay with them, and He remained for two days. ⁴¹And through His words, many more came to believe. ⁴²They said to the woman, “We no longer believe just because of what you said; now we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man truly is the Saviour of the world.”