37. In this respect the saying is true: ‘One person plants, and another person harvests.’
38. I have sent you to harvest a crop you have not worked for. Other people have done the hard work, and you have followed them in their work.”
39. Many Samaritans in that city believed in Jesus because of the woman who said, “He told me everything I’ve ever done.”
40. So when the Samaritans went to Jesus, they asked him to stay with them. He stayed in Samaria for two days.
41. Many more Samaritans believed because of what Jesus said.
42. They told the woman, “Our faith is no longer based on what you’ve said. We have heard him ourselves, and we know that he really is the savior of the world.”
43. After spending two days in Samaria, Jesus left for Galilee.