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John 4:34

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

KJV

λέγει αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς· ἐμὸν βρῶμά ἐστιν ἵνα ποιῶ τὸ θέλημα τοῦ πέμψαντός με καὶ τελειώσω αὐτοῦ τὸ ἔργον.

Greek NT

Dicit eis Jesus : Meus cibus est ut faciam voluntatem ejus qui misit me, ut perficiam opus ejus.

Vulgate

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

ASV

Jesus saith to them: My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, that I may perfect his work.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
βρῶμα
broma
noun · 17×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
θέλημα
thelema
noun · 62×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
πέμπω
pempo
verb · 79×
ποιέω
poieo
verb · 569×
τελειόω
teleioo
verb · 23×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἐμός
emos
possessive_pronoun · 69×
ἔργον
ergon
noun · 169×
ἵνα
ina
conjunction · 665×
Ἰησοῦς
iesous
noun · 908×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: ποιήσω | WH/Treg/NIV: ποιήσω | RP: ποιῶ
  • ποιήσωSBLGNT
  • ποιήσωWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ποιῶRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Themes

Historic Christian voices

8 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§606The Son of God, who came down "from heaven, not to do (his) own will, but the will of him who sent (him)",413 said on coming into the world, "Lo, I have come to do your will, O God." "and by that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all."414 From the first moment of his Incarnation the Son embraces the Father's plan of divine sa…
§2611The prayer of faith consists not only in saying "Lord, Lord," but in disposing the heart to do the will of the Father.70 Jesus calls his disciples to bring into their prayer this concern for cooperating with the divine plan.71
§2824In Christ, and through his human will, the will of the Father has been perfectly fulfilled once for all. Jesus said on entering into this world: "Lo, I have come to do your will, O God."99 Only Jesus can say: "I always do what is pleasing to him."100 In the prayer of his agony, he consents totally to this will: "not my will, but yours be done."101 For this reason Jesus "gave hi…
1. To every careful thinker there is a gain Proverbs 14:23, Septuagint, says the proverb; and Christ implied more than this, when He said, He that seeks finds. Matthew 7:8 Wherefore it does not occur to me any more to wonder how Philip followed Christ. Andrew was persuaded when he had heard from John, and Peter the same from Andrew, but Philip not having learned anything from a…
If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink. In his conversation with the Samaritan woman, Christ reveals himself as the giver of living water — the grace of the Spirit which springs up unto everlasting life. The discussion about worshipping in Jerusalem or Samaria leads to the great principle: God is a Spirit, and they that worship him m…

Cross-references

  • 1Thess 4:3 — For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
  • 2Tim 4:7 — I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
  • Acts 20:35 — I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
  • Eccl 9:10 — Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
  • Heb 5:8 — Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;
  • Heb 10:7 — Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.
  • Heb 12:2 — Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
  • Isa 61:1 — The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and th
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • John 4:32 — But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of.
  • John 4:32 — But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • John 6:33 — For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.
  • John 6:38 — For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
  • John 6:38 — For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
  • John 8:29 — And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him.
  • John 9:4 — I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
  • John 9:31 — Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.
  • John 14:31 — But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence.
  • John 15:10 — If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.
  • John 17:4 — I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Judg 19:5 — And it came to pass on the fourth day, when they arose early in the morning, that he rose up to depart: and the damsel’s father said unto his son in law, Comfort thine heart with a morsel of bread, an
  • Luke 2:49 — And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father’s business?
  • Luke 4:42 — And when it was day, he departed and went into a desert place: and the people sought him, and came unto him, and stayed him, that he should not depart from them.
  • Luke 12:50 — But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!
  • Luke 13:33 — Nevertheless I must walk to day, and to morrow, and the day following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem.
  • Luke 15:4 — What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?
  • Luke 15:5 — And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
  • Luke 15:10 — Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.
  • Luke 19:10 — For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.
  • Luke 22:15 — And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer:
  • Luke 22:42 — Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.
  • Mark 1:35 — And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.