John 4:35-38 Say not you, There are yet four months, and then comes harvest? behold, I say to you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields… A ragged school teacher was telling a friend in Philadelphia that he was afraid he would have to discontinue the school, as he had seen no fruit whatsoever of his labours. At the moment a little ragged boy came up and asked him if he would come and see his brother who was very ill. He went with the boy into one of the lowest streets in the city. On entering the room he was struck with the supreme misery of it. Going up to the suffering boy, the teacher said, "My poor boy, what can I do for you? Shall I get you a doctor?" "Oh, no, captain," said the boy, "but tell me, tell me, did you say that Jesus died for everybody, that He gave Himself for me?" "Yes, I did." "And that He will receive any one who comes to Him? Yes, indeed I did, dear boy." "Well, I know that since He gave Himself for me, that He will receive me." And then the boy dropped back on his bundle of rags — dead. Parallel Verses KJV: 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. |
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