The Harvest is Great †

Matthew 9:35-38

Mark 6:6b; 6:34

Luke 8:1; 10:2

John 4:35

35 Then

Jesus went about all the cities

and villages, teaching

 in their synagogues, and proclaiming the good news

of the kingdom, and curing

every disease and every

sickness. 36 When he saw the

crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.

 37 Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; 38 therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest."

6:6b Then

they went about

 among the villages teaching.

6:34

As he went ashore, he saw a great crowd; and he had compassion for them, because they were

like sheep without

a shepherd; and he began

 to teach them many things.

8:1 Soon afterwards

he went on through cities

 and villages,

proclaiming and bringing the good news of the kingdom of God. The twelve were with him.

10:2

He said to them,

“The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.

35 Do you not say, ‘Four months more, then comes the harvest’?

But I tell you, look around you,

and see how the fields

are ripe for harvesting.

† Cf. Kurt Aland, ed., Synopsis of the Four Gospels, rev. ed., 1985, sec. 98, p. 89.

* NRSV