The harvest truly is plenteous, etc. Another beautiful image. A waving field of golden grain invites many reapers and demands haste.

Then he said to his disciples — Nowhere in the whole Gospel record is there a more vivid or touching instance of the reality of ou…

Because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd. Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous,…

St. John Chrysostom: The Lord wanted to refute by His actions the charge of the Pharisees, who said, “He casts out demons …

The metaphor changes from sheep farming to harvest (v.37), as Jesus seeks to awaken similar compassion in his disciples. Later on the harvest is th…

The harvest is indeed abundant. By this metaphor, he intimates that many of the people are ripe for receiving the gospel. Though the great…

Then saith he unto his disciples
His heart being drawn out, and filled with pity to these poor people, upon observin…

Jesus visited not only the great and wealthy cities, but the poor, obscure villages; and there he preached, there he healed. The souls of the humbl…

It has been shown how Christ had helped those coming to Him; here the Evangelist mentions that Christ was going to them. He mentions two things: fi…