Luke 10:2

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Summary

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

The harvest

Matthew 9:37

John 4:35

1 Corinthians 3:6

The labourers

Are

Pray

2 Thessalonians 3:1

The lord

Bible References

The harvest

And he said to his disciples. "The harvest is great, but the laborers are few;

Do you not say, 'It wants yet four months, and then comes the harvest'? Look, I tell you! Lift up your eyes and behold the fields, that they are already white for harvest.

I planted, Apollos watered, but God made the seed grow.

The labourers

"For the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who went out at dawn to hire workmen for his vineyard.

Take heed! Awake! for you never know the time. As a man gone abroad and leaving his house gives authority to his slaves, to each his task; and orders the porter to keep watch;

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and that grace of his, bestowed upon me, did not prove ineffectual. I labored more abundantly than all the rest, yet not I, but by the grace of God that is with me.

As a worker with him I beseech you not to receive the grace of God in vain.

Epaphroditus, my brother and coworker and fellow soldier, who is your messenger and minister to my needs, I have thought it necessary to send to you;

For that end I am ever toiling, wrestling with all that energy of his which is mightily at work within me.

Epaphras, one of yourselves, salutes you, a slave of Christ who is always agonizing for you in his prayers, that you may stand firm, mature, and fully assured in all the will of God.

You recall, brothers, my labor and toil; how, while working at my trade day and night, so as not to become a burden to any of you, I proclaimed to you the gospel of God.

I entreat you, brothers, to acknowledge those who are toiling among you and are your leaders in the Lord, and give you counsel.

"We toil and agonize because our hopes are set on the ever-living God, who is the Saviour of all men,??f believers in particular.

Let the elders who fill their offices well, be held worthy of twofold honor; especially those who have the task of preaching and teaching.

Take your share in suffering as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.

But as for you, be always self-controlled, face hardships, do the work of a missionary, discharge all the duties of your ministry.

To my beloved friend and coworker Philemon,

Are

And when he saw the crowds he had compassion on them because they were distressed and fainting, like sheep without a shepherd.

Here a vision appeared to Paul in the night. There stood a man of Macedonia, entreating him and saying, "Come over into Macedonia and help us!"

for they are all seeking their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.

But the court which is outside the temple, omit, and do not measure that, for it has been given up to the Gentiles, and they shall tread under foot the Holy City for forty and two months.

Pray

Finally, brothers, pray on for me, that God's word may run swiftly, and be glorified as in your own case,

The lord

Then he called the Twelve together, and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to heal;

And he said to them. "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to the whole creation.

So those who were scattered abroad were going everywhere preaching the word.

Then those who had been scattered by the trouble that arose over Stephen, traveled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch; but they preached the word to none except Jews.

And as they were worshiping the Lord, and fasting, the Holy Spirit said to them, "Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them."

Take heed to yourselves and to all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has appointed you overseers, and be shepherds of the church of God which he has purchased with his own blood.

"'Depart,' he said to me, 'for I will send you forth, far hence, to the Gentiles.'"

"'Who are you, Lord?' I said." And the Lord said: 'I am Jesus whom you are persecuting.

And God has appointed those in the church to be first of all apostles, second, prophets, third, teachers. then workers of miracles, healers, helpers, administrators, users of various kinds of "tongues."

And to each one of us was grace given according to the measure of the munificence of Christ.

And I am thankful to Christ Jesus our Lord, who has thus enabled me, that he accounted me faithful, and appointed me to his service,

but Christ as a Son in his own house; and we are that house, if we retain the cheerful courage and pride of our hope firm unto the end.

To the angel of the Church in Ephesus, write. These are the words of Him who holds the seven stars in his right hand, and who walks among the seven golden candlesticks.