"Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work." — John 4:34

John 4:34 · KJV

“Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.”

— John 4:34

Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought him {ought} to eat?

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.

John 4 — Context

But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of.

Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought him {ought} to eat?

Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.

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.

And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.

Cross References

John 6:38

For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.

John 5:30

I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.

Job 23:12

Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary {food}. {esteemed: Heb. hid, or, laid up} {my...: or, my appointed portion}

John 17:4

I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.

John 19:30

When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.

Matthew 26:39

And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour?

John 4:32

But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of.

John 5:36

But I have greater witness than {that} of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.