³⁷ Then He said to His disciples, ^(A)“The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few. ^38 (B)Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.”

³⁰ Let both grow together until the harvest, and at the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, “First gather together the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them, but ^(A)gather the wheat into my barn.” ’ ”

³⁹ The enemy who sowed them is the devil, ^(A)the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are the angels.

² Then He said to them, ^(A)“The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few; therefore ^(B)pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.

³⁵ Do you not say, ‘There are still four months and then comes ^(A)the harvest’? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, ^(B)for they are already white for harvest!