John 4:32 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

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

John 4:32

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Then they went out of the city, and came unto him.

In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat.

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.

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John 4:1

"When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John,"

John 4:2

"(Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,)"

John 4:3

"He left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee."

John 4:4

"And he must needs go through Samaria."

John 4:5

"Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph."

John 4:6

"Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with {his} journey, sat thus on the well: {and} it was about the sixth hour."

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