2 Timothy 2:6

[And] the farmer who works hard should be the first one to receive a share of the crops.

Matthew 9:37-38

Then He said to His disciples, "Certainly there is plenty to harvest but there are [too] few people to do the work."

Matthew 20:1

"For the kingdom of heaven is similar to a farmer who went out early one morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.

Matthew 21:33-41

"Listen to another parable [i.e., a brief story used to illustrate His teaching]: There was the owner of a farm who planted a vineyard and built a fence around it. He constructed a grape squeezing device, built a [lookout] tower [near it], leased it to tenant farmers and then went to another country.

Luke 10:2

And He said to them, "There is certainly plenty to harvest, but there are [too] few people to do the work. You should pray to the Lord of the harvest to send [more] workers out into the field to gather His crop.

John 4:35-38

Are you not [always] saying, 'There are still four months before harvest time comes'? Look, I am telling you [disciples], lift up your eyes and look at the fields, that they are white and ripe for harvest [i.e., people are ready to make a spiritual response].

1 Corinthians 3:6-9

I [Paul] planted [i.e., preached God's word], Apollos watered [it], but God made it grow.

1 Corinthians 9:7-11

What soldier ever served [in the army] and paid his own expenses? Who [ever] planted a grape orchard and did not get to eat some of the grapes it produced? Or, who [ever] tended a flock of goats and did not get to drink some of the milk?

1 Corinthians 9:23

And everything I do is for the sake of [the work of] the Gospel, so that I may share in its benefits.

Hebrews 10:36

For you need to be steadfast so that, after you have done what God wants, you will receive the promise [of an inheritance. See 9:15].

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.

That laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits

Bible References

Husbandman

Matthew 9:37
Then He said to His disciples, "Certainly there is plenty to harvest but there are [too] few people to do the work."
Matthew 20:1
"For the kingdom of heaven is similar to a farmer who went out early one morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.
Matthew 21:33
"Listen to another parable [i.e., a brief story used to illustrate His teaching]: There was the owner of a farm who planted a vineyard and built a fence around it. He constructed a grape squeezing device, built a [lookout] tower [near it], leased it to tenant farmers and then went to another country.
Luke 10:2
And He said to them, "There is certainly plenty to harvest, but there are [too] few people to do the work. You should pray to the Lord of the harvest to send [more] workers out into the field to gather His crop.
John 4:35
Are you not [always] saying, 'There are still four months before harvest time comes'? Look, I am telling you [disciples], lift up your eyes and look at the fields, that they are white and ripe for harvest [i.e., people are ready to make a spiritual response].
1 Corinthians 3:6
I [Paul] planted [i.e., preached God's word], Apollos watered [it], but God made it grow.
1 Corinthians 9:7
What soldier ever served [in the army] and paid his own expenses? Who [ever] planted a grape orchard and did not get to eat some of the grapes it produced? Or, who [ever] tended a flock of goats and did not get to drink some of the milk?

That laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits

1 Corinthians 9:23
And everything I do is for the sake of [the work of] the Gospel, so that I may share in its benefits.
Hebrews 10:36
For you need to be steadfast so that, after you have done what God wants, you will receive the promise [of an inheritance. See 9:15].