Luke 10:2
Therefore he said to them, The harvest indeed is plentiful, but the workmen are few. Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth workmen into his harvest.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
3Go ye. Behold, I send you forth as lambs in the midst of wolves.
Cross References
Numbers 11:17And I will come down and talk with thee there. And I will take from the Spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them, and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou not bear it thyself alone.
1 Kings 18:22Then Elijah said to the people, I, even I only, am left a prophet of LORD, but Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty men.
Psalms 68:11LORD gave the word. Great [was] the company of those who published [it].
Jeremiah 3:15And I will give you shepherds according to my heart, who shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.
Zechariah 11:5whose possessors kill them, and hold themselves not guilty. And those who sell them say, Blessed be LORD, for I am rich, and their own shepherds pity them not.
Matthew 9:36But when he saw the multitudes, he felt compassion for them, because they were troubled and dejected, as sheep having no shepherd.
Matthew Henry on Luke 10:2-17
The Mission of the Seventy. 1 After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come. 2 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. 3 Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves. 4 Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man by the way. 5 And into… Read the whole commentary →