³⁷ Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few;^(A)

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.^(A)

¹⁵ And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the good news^[a] to the whole creation.

⁹ For we are God’s coworkers, working together; you are God’s field, God’s building.^(A)

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.^{(A) 36} The reaper is already receiving^[a] wages and is gathering fruit for eternal life, so that sower and reaper may rejoice together.^(B)