I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.
I sent you, х egoo (G1473) apesteila (G649)]. The "I" here is emphatic: I, the Lord of the whole harvest. When He says, "I sent you," He refers back to their past appointment to the apostleship, though it points only to the future discharge of it, for they had nothing to do with the present ingathering of the Sycharites.
To reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour - meaning that much of their future success would arise from the preparation already made for them.
Other men laboured - referring, as we think, to the Old Testament labourers, the Baptist, and by implication Himself, though He studiously keeps this in the background, that the line of distinction between Himself and all His servants might not be lost sight of.