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Then he said to them, "The harvest is indeed plentiful, but the laborers are few. Pray therefore to the Lord of the harvest, that he may send out laborers into his harvest.
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An Urgent, Abundant Harvest
Commentators explain that Jesus uses the "harvest" metaphor to describe the vast number of people ready to hear the gospel. The Expositor's Bible Commentary clarifies this isn't just about a future judgment but applies to the "urgent missionary task of the present age." The spiritual need is immense, creating a great opportunity for fruitful labor.
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Harvest (θερισμος). Late word for the older θερος, summer, harvest. The language in this verse is verbatim what we have in Mt 9:37…
19th Century
Anglican
The harvest truly is great.—See Note on Matthew 9:37. The verses that follow contain, as might have been expected from the analogous circu…
Baptist
The seventy were very few compared with the many that were needed. There were many loiterers about then as there are now; but the labourers were fe…
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Although the harvest imagery in Scripture usually refers to God’s intervention in history through gathering his people together (cf.[Reference Matt…
16th Century
Protestant
The harvest is indeed abundant. I have explained this passage in Matthew 9;32 but it was proper to insert it again here, becaus…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Therefore he said to them That is, the "Lord Jesus", as the Ethiopic version expresses it; he said to the seventy di…
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Presbyterian
Christ sent the seventy disciples, two and two, that they might strengthen and encourage one another. The ministry of the gospel calls people to re…
