The Harvest Is Plentiful, the Laborers Few
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Then Jesus went about all the cities and villages, e teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.
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f But when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were weary and scattered, g like sheep having no shepherd.
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Then He said to His disciples, h "The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few.
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i "Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest."
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Matthew 4:23
And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease among the people.
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Mark 6:34
And Jesus, when He came out, saw a great multitude and was moved with compassion for them, because they were like sheep not having a shepherd. So He began to teach them many things.
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Numbers 27:17
"who may go out before them and go in before them, who may lead them out and bring them in, that the congregation of the LORD may not be like sheep which have no shepherd."
1 Kings 22:17
Then he said, "I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd. And the LORD said, 'These have no master. Let each return to his house in peace.'
Ezekiel 34:5
So they were scattered because there was no shepherd; and they became food for all the beasts of the field when they were scattered.
Zechariah 10:2
For the idols speak delusion; The diviners envision lies, And tell false dreams; They comfort in vain. Therefore the people wend their way like sheep; They are in trouble because there is no shepherd.
Mark 6:34
And Jesus, when He came out, saw a great multitude and was moved with compassion for them, because they were like sheep not having a shepherd. So He began to teach them many things.
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Luke 10:2
Then He said to them, "The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few; therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.
John 4:35
Do you not say, 'There are still four months and then comes the harvest'? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are already white for harvest!
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Matthew 28:19
Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
Matthew 28:20
Teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen.
Ephesians 4:11
And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers.
Ephesians 4:12
For the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ.
2 Thessalonians 3:1
Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may run swiftly and be glorified, just as it is with you.
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