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The Workers Are Few
Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness.
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Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few.
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Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.”
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no bag for the journey or extra shirt or sandals or a staff, for the worker is worth his keep.
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He told them still another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into about sixty pounds of flour until it worked all through the dough.”
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and he said to his attendants, “This is John the Baptist; he has risen from the dead! That is why miraculous powers are at work in him.”
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The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard
“For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.
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He told them, ‘You also go and work in my vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right.’
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“‘Because no one has hired us,’ they answered. “He said to them, ‘You also go and work in my vineyard.’
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“When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last ones hired and going on to the first.’
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“The workers who were hired about five in the afternoon came and each received a denarius.
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‘These who were hired last worked only one hour,’ they said, ‘and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the work and the heat of the day.’
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“But he answered one of them, ‘I am not being unfair to you, friend. Didn’t you agree to work for a denarius?
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The Parable of the Two Sons
“What do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’
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The man who had received five bags of gold went at once and put his money to work and gained five bags more.
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John the Baptist Beheaded
King Herod heard about this, for Jesus’ name had become well known. Some were saying, “John the Baptist has been raised from the dead, and that is why miraculous powers are at work in him.”
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Then the disciples went out and preached everywhere, and the Lord worked with them and confirmed his word by the signs that accompanied it.
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Simon answered, “Master, we’ve worked hard all night and haven’t caught anything. But because you say so, I will let down the nets.”
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He told them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.
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Stay there, eating and drinking whatever they give you, for the worker deserves his wages. Do not move around from house to house.
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But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!”
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Indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, the synagogue leader said to the people, “There are six days for work. So come and be healed on those days, not on the Sabbath.”
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It is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into about sixty pounds of flour until it worked all through the dough.”
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So he called ten of his servants and gave them ten minas. ‘Put this money to work,’ he said, ‘until I come back.’
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“My food,” said Jesus, “is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work.
