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Thenτότεhe saysλέγειto his disciples,τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ“The harvestὉ θερισμὸςisplentiful,πολύςbutδὲthe workersοἱ ἐργάταιarefew;ὀλίγοι
Matthew 9:37
Study it in the app“Then he says to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few;”
With the Greek beneath
Matthew 9:37, word by word
- Thenτότεtote
then
Then, at that time.
Where else “tote” appears- he saysλέγειlegei
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “legei” appears- to his disciplesμαθηταῖςmathētais
disciple
A follower of Jesus.
Where else “mathētais” appears- “The harvestθερισμὸςtherismos
harvest
Harvest.
Where else “therismos” appears- plentifulπολύςpolys
much
A great amount of something, like fruit or work.
Where else “polys” appears- the workersἐργάταιergatai
worker, laborer
Worker, laborer, especially a hired worker in the fields; also one who does something.
Where else “ergatai” appears- fewὀλίγοιoligoi
few
In small number or amount, not many.
Where else “oligoi” appears
Parallel passages
Other books that tell the same thing or quote these words.
The harvest is plentiful
A similar saying; scholars discuss whether it is the same saying in another setting or a repeated one.
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Matthew 9:35-38
35And Jesus went around all the towns and the villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and every sickness. 36Seeing the crowds, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and cast down, like sheep that do not have a shepherd. 37Then he says to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few; 38so ask the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest.”
1Now after these things the Lord appointed seventy-two others also, and sent them two by two ahead of him into every city and place where he himself was about to come. 2And he was saying to them, “The harvest is indeed plentiful, but the workers are few; so ask the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest.
The context
36Seeing the crowds, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and cast down, like sheep that do not have a shepherd.
37 · This verse (above)
38so ask the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest.”
To study Matthew 9 in a group
1. What it says
What did Jesus say to the paralyzed man before healing him, and how did some scribes react (vv. 2–3)?
2. What it means
What did Jesus mean by “I did not come to call the righteous but sinners” as he sat with them (vv. 10–13)?
3. How I live it
Jesus saw the crowds with compassion (v. 36). Whom around you could you look at with more compassion today?