John 4:34

The Disciples Return and Marvel

33So the disciples asked one another, “Could someone have brought Him food?”34Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work. 35Do you not say, ‘There are still four months until the harvest’? I tell you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are ripe for harvest.

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Berean Standard Bible
Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.
American Standard Version (1901)
Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to accomplish his work.
Bible in Basic English
Jesus said, My food is to do the pleasure of him who sent me and to make his work complete.
Free Bible Version
Jesus told them, “My food is to do the will of the one who sent me, and to complete his work.
Geneva Bible 1599
Iesus saide vnto them, My meate is that I may doe the will of him that sent me, and finish his worke.
King James (Authorized) Version
Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
One Unity Resource Bible
Yeshua [Salvation] said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to accomplish his work.
Plain English Version
Jesus said, “Nobody gave me any food. I do everything my father wants me to do, and that keeps me going. It is like food for me. My father sent me here to do his work, and I want to finish it.
Translation for Translators
Jesus said to us, “Doing what my Father who sent me wants me to do and finishing the work he gave me to do is ◄what sustains me/like my food► [MET].
Unlocked Literal Bible
Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to complete his work.
Noah Webster Bible
Jesus saith to them, My food is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
World English Bible
Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work.
Young's Literal Translation
Jesus saith to them, 'My food is, that I may do the will of Him who sent me, and may finish His work;