Luke 10:2
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2 (A)And he said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. (B)Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.
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Matthew 9:36-38
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36 (A)When he saw the crowds, (B)he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, (C)like sheep without a shepherd. 37 (D)Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; 38 therefore (E)pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to (F)send out laborers into his harvest.”
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John 4:35-38
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35 Do you not say, ‘There are yet four months, then comes the harvest’? Look, I tell you, lift up your eyes, and see that (A)the fields are white for harvest. 36 Already the one who reaps is receiving wages and gathering fruit for eternal life, so that (B)sower and (C)reaper (D)may rejoice together. 37 For here the saying holds true, (E)‘One sows and another reaps.’ 38 I sent you to reap (F)that for which you did not labor. Others have labored, (G)and you have entered into their labor.”
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1 Corinthians 3:6-9
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6 (A)I planted, (B)Apollos watered, (C)but God gave the growth. 7 So (D)neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. 8 He who plants and he who waters are one, and each (E)will receive his wages according to his labor. 9 For we are (F)God's fellow workers. You are God's field, (G)God's building.
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2 Thessalonians 3:1
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Pray for Us
3 Finally, brothers,[a] (A)pray for us, that (B)the word of the Lord may speed ahead and be honored,[b] as happened among you,
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- 2 Thessalonians 3:1 Or brothers and sisters; also verses 6, 13
- 2 Thessalonians 3:1 Or glorified
1 Thessalonians 5:12
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Final Instructions and Benediction
12 We ask you, brothers, (A)to respect those who labor among you and (B)are over you in the Lord and admonish you,
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Mark 13:34
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34 (A)It is like a man (B)going on a journey, when he leaves home and puts his servants[a] in charge, (C)each with his work, and commands (D)the doorkeeper to stay awake.
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- Mark 13:34 Or bondservants
2 Timothy 4:5
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5 As for you, (A)always be sober-minded, (B)endure suffering, do the work of (C)an evangelist, (D)fulfill your ministry.
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1 Timothy 4:15-16
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15 Practice these things, immerse yourself in them,[a] so that (A)all may see your progress. 16 (B)Keep a close watch on yourself and on the teaching. Persist in this, for by so doing you will save (C)both yourself and (D)your hearers.
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- 1 Timothy 4:15 Greek be in them
1 Timothy 4:10
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10 For to this end we toil and strive,[a] because we have our hope set on the living God, (A)who is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe.
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- 1 Timothy 4:10 Some manuscripts and suffer reproach
Ephesians 4:7-12
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7 But (A)grace was given (B)to each one of us (C)according to the measure of Christ's gift. 8 Therefore it says,
9 ((F)In saying, “He ascended,” what does it mean but that he had also descended into (G)the lower regions, the earth?[b] 10 He who descended is the one who also (H)ascended (I)far above all the heavens, that he might (J)fill all things.) 11 And (K)he gave the (L)apostles, the prophets, the (M)evangelists, the (N)shepherds[c] and teachers,[d] 12 (O)to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for (P)building up (Q)the body of Christ,
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- Ephesians 4:8 The Greek word anthropoi can refer to both men and women
- Ephesians 4:9 Or the lower parts of the earth?
- Ephesians 4:11 Or pastors
- Ephesians 4:11 Or the shepherd-teachers
Acts 20:28
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28 (A)Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all (B)the flock, in which (C)the Holy Spirit has made you (D)overseers, (E)to care for (F)the church of God,[a] which he (G)obtained (H)with his own blood.[b]
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- Acts 20:28 Some manuscripts of the Lord
- Acts 20:28 Or with the blood of his Own
Mark 16:15
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15 And he said to them, (A)“Go into all the world and (B)proclaim the gospel to (C)the whole creation.
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Jeremiah 3:15
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15 “‘And (A)I will give you shepherds after my own heart, (B)who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.
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Hebrews 3:6
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6 but Christ is faithful over God's house as (A)a son. And (B)we are his house, if indeed we (C)hold fast our confidence and our boasting in our hope.[a]
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- Hebrews 3:6 Some manuscripts insert firm to the end
2 Timothy 2:3-6
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3 (A)Share in suffering as (B)a good soldier of Christ Jesus. 4 No soldier (C)gets entangled in civilian pursuits, since his aim is to please the one who enlisted him. 5 (D)An athlete is not (E)crowned unless he competes according to the rules. 6 It is (F)the hard-working farmer who ought to have the first share of the crops.
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1 Timothy 5:17-18
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17 Let the elders (A)who rule well be considered worthy of (B)double honor, especially those who labor in preaching and teaching. 18 For the Scripture says, (C)“You shall not muzzle an ox when it treads out the grain,” and, (D)“The laborer deserves his wages.”
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1 Timothy 1:12-14
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Christ Jesus Came to Save Sinners
12 I thank him (A)who has given me strength, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he judged me faithful, (B)appointing me to his service, 13 though formerly I was a blasphemer, (C)persecutor, and insolent opponent. But (D)I received mercy (E)because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief, 14 and (F)the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the (G)faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
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1 Thessalonians 2:9
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9 For you remember, brothers, (A)our labor and toil: we (B)worked night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you, while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.
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Philippians 2:25
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25 I have thought it necessary to send to you (A)Epaphroditus my brother and fellow worker and (B)fellow soldier, and your messenger and (C)minister to my need,
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Philippians 2:21
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21 For they all (A)seek their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.
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2 Corinthians 6:1
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6 (A)Working together with him, then, (B)we appeal to you (C)not to receive the grace of God in vain.
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1 Corinthians 15:10
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10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, (A)I worked harder than any of them, (B)though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me.
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Acts 26:15-18
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15 And I said, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ And the Lord said, ‘I am Jesus whom you are persecuting. 16 But rise and (A)stand upon your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose, (B)to appoint you as a servant and witness to the things in which you have seen me and to those in which I will appear to you, 17 (C)delivering you from your people and from the Gentiles—(D)to whom I (E)am sending you 18 (F)to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from (G)the power of Satan to God, that they may receive (H)forgiveness of sins and (I)a place among those who are sanctified (J)by faith in me.’
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