The Disciples Return and Marvel
John 4:34
In 9 translations
- BSB
- Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.
- KJV
- Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
- WEB
- Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work.
- ASV
- Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to accomplish his work.
- LSV
- Jesus says to them, “My food is that I may do the will of Him who sent Me, and may finish His work;
- YLT
- Jesus saith to them, 'My food is, that I may do the will of Him who sent me, and may finish His work;
- DBY
- Jesus says to them, My food is that I should do the will of him that has sent me, and that I should finish his work.
- DRC
- Jesus saith to them: My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, that I may perfect his work.
- GNV
- Iesus saide vnto them, My meate is that I may doe the will of him that sent me, and finish his worke.
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Where the editions differ
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ποιήσω (“I may do”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ποιῶ (“I may do”).
SBLGNT apparatus (1)
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- SBLGNT: ποιήσω. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ποιήσω; Robinson–Pierpont read ποιῶ.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- λέγει αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς· Ἐμὸν βρῶμά ἐστιν ἵνα ποιήσω τὸ θέλημα τοῦ πέμψαντός με καὶ τελειώσω αὐτοῦ τὸ ἔργον.
- RP2018
- Λέγει αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς, Ἐμὸν βρῶμά ἐστιν, ἵνα ποιῶ τὸ θέλημα τοῦ πέμψαντός με, καὶ τελειώσω αὐτοῦ τὸ ἔργον.
- TR-Boyd
- Λέγει αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς, Ἐμὸν βρῶμά ἐστιν, ἵνα ποιῶ τὸ θέλημα τοῦ πέμψαντός με, καὶ τελειώσω αὐτοῦ τὸ ἔργον.
- SCR1894
- λεγει αυτοις ο ιησους εμον βρωμα εστιν ινα ποιω το θελημα του πεμψαντος με και τελειωσω αυτου το εργον
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Cross-references most cited first
- John 6:38For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but to do the will of Him who sent Me.
- John 5:30I can do nothing by Myself; I judge only as I hear. And My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.
- Job 23:12I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.
- John 17:4I have glorified You on earth by accomplishing the work You gave Me to do.
- Matthew 26:39Going a little farther, He fell facedown and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me. Yet not as I will, but as You will.”
- John 4:32But He told them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”
- John 19:30When Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished.” And bowing His head, He yielded up His spirit.
- John 5:36But I have testimony more substantial than that of John. For the works that the Father has given Me to accomplish—the very works I am doing—testify about Me that the Father has sent Me.
- Luke 19:10For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
- Psalms 40:8I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.”
- Hebrews 12:2Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
- Luke 15:10In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.”
- Isaiah 61:1–3The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners, to…
- John 6:33For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
- Acts 20:35In everything, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus Himself: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
- Luke 15:4–6“What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the pasture and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it? And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his…
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