Thematic Bible: Labourers


Thematic Bible



Therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest." Verse ConceptsReapersGod Sending ProphetsWorkers


Don't you say, 'There are four more months and then comes the harvest?' I tell you, look up and see that the fields are already white for harvest! The one who reaps receives pay and gathers fruit for eternal life, so that the one who sows and the one who reaps can rejoice together.

When it was evening the owner of the vineyard said to his manager, 'Call the workers and give the pay starting with the last hired until the first.' Verse ConceptsBeginningMastersOverseersMetaphorical VineyardsBeginning And EndIn TurnLast OnesOthers Summoning

Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest."

Elders who provide effective leadership must be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who work hard in speaking and teaching. For the scripture says, "Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain," and, "The worker deserves his pay."

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