That he send forth labourers (οπως εκβαλη εργατας). Jesus turns from the figure of the shepherdless sheep to the harvest field rip…

The Lord of the harvest refers to the Father who had sent Him to be the Sower of the divine seed, and who, through Him, was about …

But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no sheph…

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…

Pray therefore to the Lord of the harvest. Since no one by themselves will become a sincere and faithful minister of the gospel, and since…

Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest
By "the Lord of the harvest" is either meant God the Father, whose are all the elect…

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…