John

John 4:38

³⁸I sent you to reap what you have not worked for; others have done the hard work, and now you have taken up their labor.”

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English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
I	ἐγὼ	egō	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Singular	G1473 I
sent	ἀπέστειλα	apesteila	Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular	G649 I send forth, send, send away, dismiss
you	ὑμᾶς	hymas	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 2nd Person Plural	G4771 you
to reap	θερίζειν	therizein	Verb - Present Infinitive Active	G2325 I reap, gather
what	ὃ	ho	Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular	G3739 who, which, what, that
you	ὑμεῖς	hymeis	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 2nd Person Plural	G4771 you
have not worked for	κεκοπιάκατε	kekopiakate	Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural	G2872 I grow weary, toil
others	ἄλλοι	alloi	Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural	G243 other, another, different
have done the hard work	κεκοπιάκασιν	kekopiakasin	Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural	G2872 I grow weary, toil
and	καὶ	kai	Conjunction	G2532 and, even, also, namely
you	ὑμεῖς	hymeis	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 2nd Person Plural	G4771 you
have taken up	εἰσεληλύθατε	eiselēlythate	Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural	G1525 I go in, come in, enter
their	αὐτῶν	autōn	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural	G846 he, she, it, they, them, same
labor	κόπον	kopon	Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular	G2873 trouble, toil, labor

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.