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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 to his disciples, The harvest [is] great and the workmen [are] few; (Matt. 9:37)

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John 4:35• ³⁵Do not ye say that there are yet four months and the harvest cometh? Lo, I say to you, Lift up your eyes, and behold the fields, for they are white unto harvest already. (John 4:35)

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1 Cor. 3:9• ⁹For we are God's fellow-workmen; ye are God's tillage, God's building. (1 Cor. 3:9)

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1 Tim. 5:17• ¹⁷Let the elders that preside well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they that labour in word and teaching. (1 Tim. 5:17)

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The harvest.

Matt. 9:37‑38• ³⁷Then saith he to his disciples, The harvest [is] great and the workmen [are] few;
³⁸supplicate therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he send forth workmen unto his harvest. (Matt. 9:37‑38)

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John 4:35‑38• ³⁵Do not ye say that there are yet four months and the harvest cometh? Lo, I say to you, Lift up your eyes, and behold the fields, for they are white unto harvest already.
³⁶He that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal, that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.
³⁷For in this is the saying true, It is one that soweth and another that reapeth.
³⁸I sent you to reap that on which ye have not toiled: others have toiled, and ye have entered into their toil. (John 4:35‑38)

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1 Cor. 3:6‑9• ⁶I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase.
⁷So that neither he that planteth is anything, nor he that watereth, but God that giveth the increase.
⁸And he that planteth and he that watereth are one thing; but each shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.
⁹For we are God's fellow-workmen; ye are God's tillage, God's building. (1 Cor. 3:6‑9)

the labourers.

Matt. 20:1• ¹For the kingdom of the heavens is like a householder which went out early in the morning to hire labourers for his vineyard; (Matt. 20:1)

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Mark 13:34• ³⁴[it is] as a man gone out of the country who left his house and gave authority to his bondmen, and to each his work, and commanded the doorkeeper that he should watch. (Mark 13:34)

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1 Cor. 15:10• ¹⁰but by God's grace I am what I am, and his grace that [was] towards me became not empty, but I laboured more abundantly than they all, yet not I but the grace of God that [was] with me. (1 Cor. 15:10)

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2 Cor. 6:1• ¹And working together we also beseech that ye receive not in vain the grace of God (2 Cor. 6:1)

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Phil. 2:25,30• ²⁵But I thought it necessary to send unto you Epaphroditus, my brother and fellow-labourer and fellow-soldier, but your messenger and minister to my wants;
³⁰because for the work of Christ he was nigh even to death, endangering his life that he might fill up the remainder of your ministrations toward me. (Phil. 2:25,30)

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Col. 1:29• ²⁹whereunto also I toil in conflict according to his working that worketh in me in power. (Col. 1:29)

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Col. 4:12• ¹²There saluteth you Epaphras, who [is] of you, a bondman of Jesus Christ, always striving 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 labour and our toil; working night and day that we might not burden any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God. (1 Thess. 2:9)

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1 Thess. 5:12• ¹²Now we beseech you, brethren, to know those that labour 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 unto this end we labour and suffer reproach, because we have our hope set on a living God who is Saviour of all men, especially of faithful [men].
¹⁵Bestow care on these things; be wholly in them; that thy progress may be manifest to all.
¹⁶Take heed to thyself and the teaching; continue in them; for in doing this thou shalt save thyself and those that hear thee. (1 Tim. 4:10,15‑16)

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1 Tim. 5:17‑18• ¹⁷Let the elders that preside well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they that labour in word and teaching.
¹⁸For the scripture saith, An ox when treading out corn thou shalt not muzzle, and Worthy [is] the workman of his hire. (1 Tim. 5:17‑18)

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2 Tim. 2:3‑6• ³Take thy share of suffering hardship as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
⁴No one on service entangleth himself with the businesses of life, that he may please him that enlisted [him].
⁵But if one also contend [in the games], he is not crowned unless he have contended lawfully.
⁶The labouring husbandman must first partake of the fruits. (2 Tim. 2:3‑6)

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2 Tim. 4:5• ⁵But be thou sober in all things, suffer hardship [evils], do an evangelist's work, fully perform thy ministry. (2 Tim. 4:5)

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Philem. 1• ¹Paul, prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy the brother, to Philemon our beloved and fellow-worker, (Philem. 1)

are.

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

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1 Kings 22:6‑8• ⁶And the king of Israel assembled the prophets, about four hundred men, and said to them, Shall I go against Ramoth-Gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up, and the Lord will give it into the king's hand.
⁷But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of Jehovah besides, that we might inquire of him?
⁸And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of Jehovah; but I hate him, for he prophesies no good concerning me, but evil: it is Micah the son of Imlah. 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, all ye beasts in the forest.
¹⁰His watchmen [are] blind, they are all without knowledge; they [are] all dumb dogs, they cannot bark, dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.
¹¹Yea, the dogs [are] greedy, they can never have enough; and these [are] shepherds [that] cannot understand: they have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, from every quarter.
¹²Come ye, [say they,] I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow shall be as this day, [a day] great beyond measure. (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 Jehovah 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 Jehovah; 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 crowds he was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed, and cast away as sheep not having a shepherd. (Matt. 9:36)

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Acts 16:9‑10• ⁹And a vision appeared to Paul by night. There was a certain man of Macedon standing and beseeching him and saying, Come over into Macedonia and help us.
¹⁰And when he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go into Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them. (Acts 16:9‑10)

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Phil. 2:21• ²¹for they all seek their own things, not those of Jesus Christ. (Phil. 2:21)

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Rev. 11:2‑3• ²And the court that is without the temple cast out, and measure it not; for it was given to the nations: and the holy city shall they tread forty [and] two months.
³And I will give efficacy to my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed with sackcloth. (Rev. 11:2‑3)

pray.

2 Thess. 3:1• ¹For the rest, brethren, pray for us that the word of the Lord may run and be glorified, even as also with you; (2 Thess. 3:1)

the Lord.

Luke 9:1• ¹And having called together the twelve, he gave them power and authority over all demons and to heal 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, and thou shalt not bear it alone.
²⁹But Moses said to him, Enviest thou for my sake? would that all Jehovah's people were prophets, and that Jehovah would put his Spirit upon them! (Num. 11:17,29)

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Psa. 68:11• ¹¹Adonai giveth the word:{HR}A great host [are] the (women) publishing. (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 to them, Go into all the world, and preach the gospel to all the creation.
²⁰And they went forth and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the word by the signs following. [Amen.] (Mark 16:15,20)

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Acts 8:4• ⁴They therefore that were scattered abroad went about evangelizing the word. (Acts 8:4)

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Acts 11:19• ¹⁹They therefore that were scattered abroad through the tribulation that took place on the occasion of Stephen passed through as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to none but Jews only. (Acts 11:19)

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Acts 13:2,4• ²And as they were ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.
⁴They then being sent out by the Holy Spirit, went down unto Seleucia and thence sailed away unto Cyprus, (Acts 13:2,4)

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Acts 20:28• ²⁸Take heed to yourselves and to all the flock in which the Holy Spirit set you overseers to tend the assembly of God, which he 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 forth far hence unto the Gentiles. (Acts 22:21)

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Acts 26:15‑18• ¹⁵And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.
¹⁶But rise up and stand on thy feet, for to this end I appeared to thee, to appoint thee a servant and a witness both of what thou hast seen and of those things wherein I shall appear to thee,
¹⁷taking thee out from the people and from the Gentiles unto whom I send thee,
¹⁸to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness unto light and the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive remission of sins and inheritance among those that are sanctified by faith that is in me. (Acts 26:15‑18)

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1 Cor. 12:28• ²⁸And God set some in the assembly, first apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly teachers, then powers, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, kinds of tongues. (1 Cor. 12:28)

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Eph. 4:7‑12• ⁷But to each one of us was given grace according to the measure of the gift of the Christ.
⁸Wherefore he saith, Having ascended on high, he led captivity captive and gave gifts to men.
⁹Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended into the lower [parts] of the earth?
¹⁰He that descended, he it is also that ascended far above all the 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, unto work of ministry, unto edifying of the body of the Christ, (Eph. 4:7‑12)

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1 Tim. 1:12‑14• ¹²I thank him that strengthened me, Christ Jesus our Lord, that he counted me faithful, appointing me unto ministry,
¹³though before I was a blasphemer and persecutor and doer of outrage. But I had mercy shown me because I did [it] ignorantly in unbelief;
¹⁴and the grace of our Lord abounded exceedingly with faith and love that is in Christ Jesus. (1 Tim. 1:12‑14)

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Heb. 3:6• ⁶but Christ as Son over his house, whose house are we if indeed we hold fast the boldness and the boast of the hope firm unto the end. (Heb. 3:6)

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Rev. 2:1• ¹To the angel of the church that is in Ephesus write, These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, that walketh in the midst of the seven golden lamp-stands: (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.)