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Luke 10:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Therefore said he unto themp, The harvest truly is great, but theq laborers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth laborers into his harvest.

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Matt. 9:37• ³⁷Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the laborers are few; (Matt. 9:37)

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John 4:35• ³⁵Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest. (John 4:35)

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1 Cor. 3:9• ⁹For we are laborers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building. (1 Cor. 3:9)

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1 Tim. 5:17• ¹⁷Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially they who labor in the word and doctrine. (1 Tim. 5:17)

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The harvest.

Matt. 9:37‑38• ³⁷Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the laborers are few;
³⁸Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth laborers into his harvest. (Matt. 9:37‑38)

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John 4:35‑38• ³⁵Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.
³⁶And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.
³⁷And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.
³⁸I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labor: other men labored, and ye are entered into their labors. (John 4:35‑38)

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1 Cor. 3:6‑9• ⁶I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.
⁷So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
⁸Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labor.
⁹For we are laborers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building. (1 Cor. 3:6‑9)

the labourers.

Matt. 20:1• ¹For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire laborers into his vineyard. (Matt. 20:1)

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Mark 13:34• ³⁴For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch. (Mark 13:34)

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1 Cor. 15:10• ¹⁰But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me. (1 Cor. 15:10)

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2 Cor. 6:1• ¹We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain. (2 Cor. 6:1)

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Phil. 2:25,30• ²⁵Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, and companion in labor, and fellowsoldier, but your messenger, and he that ministered to my wants.
³⁰Because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me. (Phil. 2:25,30)

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Col. 1:29• ²⁹Whereunto I also labor, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily. (Col. 1:29)

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Col. 4:12• ¹²Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always laboring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God. (Col. 4:12)

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1 Thess. 2:9• ⁹For ye remember, brethren, our labor and travail: for laboring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God. (1 Thess. 2:9)

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1 Thess. 5:12• ¹²And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you; (1 Thess. 5:12)

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1 Tim. 4:10,15‑16• ¹⁰For therefore we both labor and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe.
¹⁵Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.
¹⁶Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee. (1 Tim. 4:10,15‑16)

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1 Tim. 5:17‑18• ¹⁷Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially they who labor in the word and doctrine.
¹⁸For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The laborer is worthy of his reward. (1 Tim. 5:17‑18)

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2 Tim. 2:3‑6• ³Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
⁴No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
⁵And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.
⁶The husbandman that laboreth must be first partaker of the fruits. (2 Tim. 2:3‑6)

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2 Tim. 4:5• ⁵But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry. (2 Tim. 4:5)

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Philem. 1• ¹Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, unto Philemon our dearly beloved, and fellowlaborer, (Philem. 1)

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1 Kings 18:22• ²²Then said Elijah unto the people, I, even I only, remain a prophet of the Lord; but Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty men. (1 Kings 18:22)

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1 Kings 22:6‑8• ⁶Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of the king.
⁷And Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the Lord besides, that we might inquire of him?
⁸And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may inquire of the Lord: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so. (1 Kings 22:6‑8)

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Isa. 56:9‑12• ⁹All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, yea, all ye beasts in the forest.
¹⁰His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
¹¹Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.
¹²Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant. (Isa. 56:9‑12)

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Ezek. 34:2‑6• ²Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God unto the shepherds; Woe be to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks?
³Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: but ye feed not the flock.
⁴The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them.
⁵And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.
⁶My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek after them. (Ezek. 34:2‑6)

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Zech. 11:5,17• ⁵Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and they that sell them say, Blessed be the Lord; for I am rich: and their own shepherds pity them not.
¹⁷Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened. (Zech. 11:5,17)

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Matt. 9:36• ³⁶But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd. (Matt. 9:36)

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Acts 16:9‑10• ⁹And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us.
¹⁰And after he had seen the vision, immediately we endeavored to go into Macedonia, assuredly gathering that the Lord had called us for to preach the gospel unto them. (Acts 16:9‑10)

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Phil. 2:21• ²¹For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ's. (Phil. 2:21)

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Rev. 11:2‑3• ²But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.
³And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth. (Rev. 11:2‑3)

pray.

2 Thess. 3:1• ¹Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you: (2 Thess. 3:1)

the Lord.

Luke 9:1• ¹Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases. (Luke 9:1)

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Num. 11:17,29• ¹⁷And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone.
²⁹And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? would God that all the Lord's people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his spirit upon them! (Num. 11:17,29)

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Psa. 68:11• ¹¹The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it. (Psa. 68:11)

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Jer. 3:15• ¹⁵And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding. (Jer. 3:15)

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Mark 16:15,20• ¹⁵And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
²⁰And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen. (Mark 16:15,20)

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Acts 8:4• ⁴Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word. (Acts 8:4)

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Acts 11:19• ¹⁹Now they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution that arose about Stephen travelled as far as Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to none but unto the Jews only. (Acts 11:19)

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Acts 13:2,4• ²As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.
⁴So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus. (Acts 13:2,4)

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Acts 20:28• ²⁸Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. (Acts 20:28)

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Acts 22:21• ²¹And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles. (Acts 22:21)

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Acts 26:15‑18• ¹⁵And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.
¹⁶But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee;
¹⁷Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee,
¹⁸To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me. (Acts 26:15‑18)

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1 Cor. 12:28• ²⁸And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues. (1 Cor. 12:28)

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Eph. 4:7‑12• ⁷But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
⁸Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.
⁹(Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?
¹⁰He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.)
¹¹And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
¹²For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: (Eph. 4:7‑12)

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1 Tim. 1:12‑14• ¹²And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry;
¹³Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
¹⁴And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. (1 Tim. 1:12‑14)

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Heb. 3:6• ⁶But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end. (Heb. 3:6)

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Rev. 2:1• ¹Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks; (Rev. 2:1)

• Love, unchilled by sin, saw the need through the outward opposition; but there were few moved by this love. The Lord of the harvest alone could send forth true laborers. (“Luke 10:1-37” by J.N. Darby)

• This saying as to the greatness of the harvest and the fewness of the laborers, seems, according to Matt. 9:37, 38, to have been uttered on another occasion. There, the prayer is answered by the sending forth of the twelve: here, by the sending forth of the seventy. (“Luke 10” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And he said to them, The harvest indeed is great, but the workmen few; supplicate therefore the Lord of the harvest that he may send out workmen into his harvest.

W. Kelly Translation

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And he said to them, The harvest indeed [is] great, but the workmen few, supplicate therefore the Lord of the harvest that he may send out workmen into his harvest.

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)