He told them,“ The harvest is huge, but the workers are few. So ask the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest field.

就对他们说：“要收的庄稼多，做工的人少。所以，你们当求庄稼的主打发工人出去收他的庄稼。

他对他们说：“要收的庄稼多，做工的人少。所以，你们要求庄稼的主差遣做工的人出去收他的庄稼。

他对他们说：“要收的庄稼多，做工的人少。所以，你们要求庄稼的主差遣做工的人出去收他的庄稼。

并对他们说：“要收割的庄稼很多，工人却很少，因此你们要祈求庄稼的主人派更多的工人去收割祂的庄稼。

耶稣对他们说：“庄稼多，工人少，所以你们应当求庄稼的主，派工人出去收他的庄稼。

耶稣对他们说：“收割的工作多，而工人少。所以你们要祈求收割的主催促工人参与他的收割工作。

就對他們說：「要收的莊稼多，做工的人少。所以，你們當求莊稼的主打發工人出去收他的莊稼。

他對他們說：「要收的莊稼多，做工的人少。所以，你們要求莊稼的主差遣做工的人出去收他的莊稼。

他對他們說：「要收的莊稼多，做工的人少。所以，你們要求莊稼的主差遣做工的人出去收他的莊稼。

並對他們說：「要收割的莊稼很多，工人卻很少，因此你們要祈求莊稼的主人派更多的工人去收割祂的莊稼。

耶穌對他們說：“莊稼多，工人少，所以你們應當求莊稼的主，派工人出去收他的莊稼。

對他們說：『可收的莊稼多，而工人少；所以你們要祈求莊稼的主催趕工人去收他的莊稼。

耶穌對他們說：「收割的工作多，而工人少。所以你們要祈求收割的主催促工人參與他的收割工作。

謂之曰、穡多工少、宜求穡主、遣工力穡焉、

曰、穡多工少、宜求穡主、遣工力穡也、

謂之曰、穡多工少、當求穡主遣工以斂其穡、

囑曰：『莊稼豐矣、而操作乏人。宜求莊稼之主、多遣工人、從事收穫。

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 field.

And he said to them,“ The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.

These were his instructions to them:“ The harvest is great, but the workers are few. So pray to the Lord who is in charge of the harvest; ask him to send more workers into his fields.

He told them,“ The harvest is abundant, but the workers are few. Therefore, pray to the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest.

And He was saying to them,“ The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore plead with the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.

Then He said to them,“ The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few; therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.

And he said unto them, The harvest indeed is plenteous, but the laborers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he send forth laborers into his harvest.

He told them:“ The harvest is abundant, but the workers are few. Therefore, pray to the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest.

Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly[ is] great, but the labourers[ are] few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.

He said to them,“ The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest.

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.

When he saw the crowds, he felt deep concern for them. They were treated badly and were helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.Then Jesus said to his disciples,“ The harvest is huge. But there are only a few workers.So ask the Lord of the harvest to send workers out into his harvest field.”

Don’t you have a saying? You say,‘ It’s still four months until harvest time.’ But I tell you, open your eyes! Look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest right now.Even now the one who gathers the crop is getting paid. They are already harvesting the crop for eternal life. So the one who plants and the one who gathers can now be glad together.Here is a true saying.‘ One plants and another gathers.’I sent you to gather what you have not worked for. Others have done the hard work. You have gathered the benefits of their work.”

I planted the seed. Apollos watered it. But God has been making it grow.So the one who plants is not important. The one who waters is not important. It is God who makes things grow. He is the important one.The one who plants and the one who waters have the same purpose. The Lord will give each of them a reward for their work.We work together to serve God. You are like God’s field. You are like his building.

Now I want to talk about some other matters. Brothers and sisters, pray for us. Pray that the Lord’s message will spread quickly. Pray that others will honor it just as you did.

Brothers and sisters, we ask you to accept the godly leaders who work hard among you. They care for you in the Lord. They correct you.

It’s like a man going away. He leaves his house and puts his servants in charge. Each one is given a task to do. He tells the one at the door to keep watch.

But I want you to keep your head no matter what happens. Don’t give up when times are hard. Work to spread the good news. Do everything God has given you to do.

Keep on doing these things. Give them your complete attention. Then everyone will see how you are coming along.Be careful of how you live and what you believe. Never give up. Then you will save yourself and those who hear you.

He said to them,“ Go into all the world. Preach the good news to everyone.

This is why we work and try so hard. It’s because we have put our hope in the living God. He is the Savior of all people. Most of all, he is the Savior of those who believe.

Keep watch over yourselves. Keep watch over all the believers. The Holy Spirit has made you leaders over them. Be shepherds of God’s church. He bought it with his own blood.

Some believers had been scattered by the suffering that unbelievers had caused them. They were scattered after Stephen was killed. Those believers traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus and Antioch. But they spread the word only among Jews.

Then I will give you shepherds who are dear to my heart. Their knowledge and understanding will help them lead you.

The believers who had been scattered preached the word everywhere they went.

But each one of us has received a gift of grace. These gifts are given to us by Christ.That is why Scripture says,“ When he went up to his place on high, he took many prisoners. He gave gifts to his people.”( Psalm 68:18)What does“ he went up” mean? It can only mean that he also came down to the lower, earthly places.The one who came down is the same one who went up. He went up higher than all the heavens. He did it in order to fill all creation.So Christ himself gave the gift of the apostles to the church. He gave the prophets and those who preach the good news. And he also gave the pastors and teachers as a gift to the church.He gave all these people so that they might prepare God’s people to serve. Then the body of Christ will be built up.

“ How terrible it will be for that worthless shepherd! He deserts the flock. May a sword strike his arm and his right eye! May his powerful arm become weak! May his right eye be totally blinded!”

Like a good soldier of Christ Jesus, join with me in suffering.A soldier does not take part in things that don’t have anything to do with the army. Instead, he tries to please his commanding officer.It is the same for anyone who takes part in a sport. They don’t receive the winner’s crown unless they play by the rules.The farmer who works hard should be the first to receive a share of the crops.

“ Then the Lord said to me,‘ Go. I will send you far away to people who are not Jews.’ ”

All the others are looking out for their own interests. They are not looking out for the interests of Jesus Christ.

I will come down and speak with you there. I will take some of the power of the Spirit that is on you. And I will put it on them. They will share the responsibility of these people with you. Then you will not have to carry it alone.

Jesus called together the 12 disciples. He gave them power and authority to drive out all demons and to heal sicknesses.

Brothers and sisters, I am sure you remember how hard we worked. We labored night and day while we preached to you God’s good news. We didn’t want to cause you any expense.

First, God has placed apostles in the church. Second, he has placed prophets in the church. Third, he has placed teachers in the church. Then he has given to the church miracles and gifts of healing. He also has given the gift of helping others and the gift of guiding the church. God also has given the gift of speaking in different kinds of languages.

Then Elijah said to them,“ I’m the only one of the Lord’ s prophets left. But Baal has 450 prophets.

But Christ is faithful as the Son over the house of God. And we are his house if we hold tightly to what we are certain about. We must also hold tightly to the hope we boast in.

But Moses replied,“ Are you jealous for me? I wish that all the Lord’ s people were prophets. And I wish that the Lord would put his Spirit on them.”

“ The kingdom of heaven is like a man who owned land. He went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.

The Lord gives the message. The women who make it known are a huge group.

We work together with God. So we are asking you not to receive God’s grace and then do nothing with it.

Those who buy them kill them. And they are not punished for it. Those who sell them say,‘ Praise the Lord! We’re rich!’ And their own shepherds do not spare them.

Epaphras sends greetings. He is one of you. He serves Christ Jesus. He is always praying hard for you. He prays that you will hold on tightly to all that God has in mind for us. He prays that you will keep growing in your knowledge of what God wants. He also prays that you will be completely sure about it.

The elders who do the church’s work well are worth twice as much honor. That is true in a special way of elders who preach and teach.Scripture says,“ Do not stop an ox from eating while it helps separate the grain from the straw.”( Deuteronomy 25:4) Scripture also says,“ Workers are worthy of their pay.”( Luke 10:7)

During the night Paul had a vision. He saw a man from Macedonia standing and begging him.“ Come over to Macedonia!” the man said.“ Help us!”After Paul had seen the vision, we got ready at once to leave for Macedonia. We decided that God had called us to preach the good news there.

“ Then I asked,‘ Who are you, Lord?’“‘ I am Jesus,’ the Lord replied.‘ I am the one you are opposing.Now get up. Stand on your feet. I have appeared to you to appoint you to serve me. And you must tell other people about me. You must tell others that you have seen me today. You must also tell them that I will show myself to you again.I will save you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to themto open their eyes. I want you to turn them from darkness to light. I want you to turn them from Satan’s power to God. I want their sins to be forgiven. They will be forgiven when they believe in me. They will have their place among God’s people.’

But I think it’s necessary to send Epaphroditus back to you. He is my brother in the Lord. He is a worker and a soldier of Christ together with me. He is also your messenger. You sent him to take care of my needs.

Barnabas and Saul were sent on their way by the Holy Spirit. They went down to Seleucia. From there they sailed to Cyprus.

Come, all you enemy nations! Come like wild animals. Come and destroy like animals in the forest.Israel’s prophets are blind. They don’t know the Lord. All of them are like watchdogs that can’t even bark. They just lie around and dream. They love to sleep.They are like dogs that love to eat. They never get enough. They are like shepherds who don’t have any understanding. All of them do as they please. They only look for what they can get for themselves.“ Come!” they shout.“ Let’s get some wine! Let’s drink all the beer we can! Tomorrow we’ll do the same thing. And that will be even better than today.”

While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit spoke.“ Set apart Barnabas and Saul for me,” he said.“ I have appointed them to do special work.”

Then the disciples went out and preached everywhere. The Lord worked with them. And he backed up his word by the signs that went with it.

I am thankful to Christ Jesus our Lord. He has given me strength. I thank him that he considered me faithful. I thank him for appointing me to serve him.I used to speak evil things against Jesus. I tried to hurt his followers. I really pushed them around. But God showed me mercy anyway. I did those things without knowing any better. I wasn’t a believer.Our Lord poured out more and more of his grace on me. Along with it came faith and love from Christ Jesus.

So the king of Israel brought about 400 prophets together. He asked them,“ Should I go to war against Ramoth Gilead? Or should I stay here?”“ Go,” they answered.“ The Lord will hand it over to you.”But Jehoshaphat asked,“ Is there no longer a prophet of the Lord here? If there is, ask him what we should do.”The king of Israel answered Jehoshaphat. He said,“ There is still one other man we can go to. We can ask the Lord for advice through him. But I hate him. He never prophesies anything good about me. He only prophesies bad things. His name is Micaiah. He’s the son of Imlah.”“ You shouldn’t say bad things about him,” Jehoshaphat replied.

But because of God’s grace I am what I am. And his grace was not wasted on me. No, I have worked harder than all the other apostles. But I didn’t do the work. God’s grace was with me.

“ Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Tell them,‘ The Lord and King says,“ How terrible it will be for you shepherds of Israel! You only take care of yourselves. You should take good care of your flocks.Instead, you eat the butter. You dress yourselves with the wool. You kill the finest animals. But you do not take care of your flocks.You have not made the weak ones in the flock stronger. You have not healed the sick. You have not bandaged those who are hurt. You have not brought back those who have wandered away. You have not searched for the lost. When you ruled over them, you were mean to them. You treated them badly.So they were scattered because they did not have a shepherd. They became food for all of the wild animals.My sheep wandered all over the mountains and high hills. They were scattered over the whole earth. No one searched for them. No one looked for them.”

I, Paul, am writing this letter. I am a prisoner because of Christ Jesus. Our brother Timothy joins me in writing. Philemon, we are sending you this letter. You are our dear friend. You work together with us.

He almost died for the work of Christ. He put his life in danger to make up for the help you yourselves couldn’t give me.

But do not measure the outer courtyard. That’s because it has been given to the Gentiles. They will take over the holy city for 42 months.I will appoint my two witnesses. And they will prophesy for 1,260 days. They will be dressed in the rough clothes people wear when they’re sad.”

That’s what I’m working for. I work hard with all the strength of Christ. His strength works powerfully in me.

“ Here is what I command you to write to the church in Ephesus. Here are the words of Jesus, who holds the seven stars in his right hand. He also walks among the seven golden lampstands. He says,