John 4:35-36

Do you not say, ‘Four months more, then comes the harvest’? But I tell you, look around you, and see how the fields are ripe for harvesting. The reaper is already receiving wages and is gathering fruit for eternal life, so that sower and reaper may rejoice together

From Background Notes [BN] for April 5th & 6th written by Pastor Bob Brown:

What the disciples saw when they "lifted up" their eyes, was a large number of Samaritans, unlikely candidates for the kingdom of God, at least in the Jewish mind. These are the harvest, Jesus tells them, the "fruit for eternal life."

That is an important phrase, because it helps decide how John's Gospel understands the notion of karpos. Fruit equals human lives who respond to the Gospel and receive Jesus and his message. Fruit is "fruit of witness," born by Christ followers to the world for the glory of God. [BN, 3]

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