Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Creditors » Often cruel in exacting debts
But that [same] servant went out and found one of his fellow-servants who owed him a small sum of money [Note: The amount was about days of a farm laborer's pay or about $7,000 in 1994]. He grabbed him by the throat, saying, 'Pay [me] what you owe.' His fellow-servant fell [on the ground before him] and begged him, saying, '[Please] be patient with me and I will repay you [all I owe you].' But he would not do it. Instead, he took him and had him thrown into prison until he paid [him] all he owed.
Harvest » Figurative
Then He said to His disciples, "Certainly there is plenty to harvest but there are [too] few people to do the work."
Verse Concepts
The enemy who scattered the weed seeds is the devil; the harvest time is the end of the world; and the harvesters are angels.
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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.
Verse Concepts
Then another angel [i.e., the fourth] came out of the Temple, calling out with a loud voice to Him who was sitting on the cloud, "Use your sharp sickle to reap [a harvest] because it is harvest time, and the crop of the earth is ripe."
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