So he instructed them, "The harvest is vast, but the workers are few. So ask the Lord of the harvest to send workers out into his harvest.

By making silver shrines of Artemis, a silversmith named Demetrius provided a large income for skilled workers.

So if Demetrius and his workers have a charge against anyone, the courts are open and there are proconsuls. They should accuse one another there.

For we are God's co-workers. You are God's farmland and God's building.

Such people are false apostles, dishonest workers who are masquerading as apostles of the Messiah.

Beware of the dogs! Beware of the evil workers! Beware of the mutilators!

Yes, I also ask you, my true partner, to help these women. They have worked hard with me to advance the gospel, along with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the Book of Life.

Jesus, who is called Justus, also greets you. These are the only ones of the circumcision who are fellow workers for the kingdom of God. They have been an encouragement to me.

24as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.

Look! The wages that you kept back from the workers who harvested your fields are shouting out against you, and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of the Heavenly Armies.

Then he told his disciples, "The harvest is vast, but the workers are few.

So ask the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest."

"The kingdom from heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.

After agreeing to pay the workers one denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

"When evening came, the owner of the vineyard told his manager, "Call the workers and give them their wages, beginning with the last and ending with the first.'

they knew that he was the man who used to sit and beg at the Beautiful Gate of the Temple, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.

And no wonder, since Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.

when he comes to be glorified by his saints and to be regarded with wonder on that day by all who have believed including you, because you believed our testimony.

All the people began to speak well of him and to wonder at the gracious words that flowed from his mouth. They said, "This is Joseph's son, isn't it?"

Stay with the same family, eating and drinking whatever they provide, because the worker deserves his pay. Don't move from house to house.

The hired worker, who isn't the shepherd and doesn't own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, deserts the sheep, and runs away. So the wolf snatches them and scatters them,

because he's a hired worker, and the sheep don't matter to him.

Greet Urbanus, our co-worker in the Messiah, and my dear friend Stachys.

Timothy, my fellow worker, greets you, as do Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater, my fellow Jews.

As for Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker on your behalf. Our brothers, emissaries from the churches, are bringing glory to the Messiah.

Meanwhile, I thought it best to send Epaphroditus my brother, fellow worker, and fellow soldier, but your messenger and minister to my need back to you.

For the Scripture says, "You must not muzzle an ox while it is treading out grain," and, "A worker deserves his pay."

Do your best to present yourself to God as an approved worker who has nothing to be ashamed of, handling the word of truth with precision.

1From: Paul, a prisoner of the Messiah Jesus, and Timothy our brother. To: Philemon our dear friend and fellow worker,

or a traveling bag for the trip, or an extra shirt, or sandals, or a walking stick, because a worker deserves his food.