Matthew 9:37
35 Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness.
36 When He saw the crowds, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.
38 Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into His harvest.”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.
- KJV
- Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few;
- WEB
- Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest indeed is plentiful, but the laborers are few.
- ASV
- Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest indeed is plenteous, but the laborers are few.
- DARBY
- Then saith he to his disciples, The harvest [is] great and the workmen [are] few;
- BLB
- Then He says to His disciples, “The harvest indeed [is] much, but the workers [are] few.
- ÅB
- Da sa han til disiplene sine: «Høsten er stor, men arbeiderne få;
- OTB
- Da sa han til sine disipler: "Høsten er stor, men arbeiderne er få.
- B1930
- Da sa han til sine disipler: Høsten er stor, men arbeiderne få;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 10:2
And He told them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into His harvest.
Read in contextMark 16:15
And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.
Read in context1 Corinthians 3:9
For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.
Read in contextJohn 4:35–36
Do you not say, ‘There are still four months until the harvest’? I tell you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are ripe for harvest.
Read in contextMatthew 28:19
Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,
Read in contextLuke 24:47
and in His name repentance and forgiveness of sins will be proclaimed to all nations, beginning in Jerusalem.
Read in context2 Corinthians 6:1
As God’s fellow workers, then, we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.
Read in contextActs 16:9
During the night, Paul had a vision of a man of Macedonia standing and pleading with him, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.”
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