Matthew 9:38

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Make prayer, then, to the Lord of the grain-fields, that he may send out workers to get in his grain.

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  • Mic 5:7 : 7 And the rest of Jacob will be among the nations, in the middle of the mass of peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the woods, like a young lion among the flocks of sheep: if he goes through, they will be crushed under foot and pulled to bits, and there will be no saviour.
  • Luke 10:1-2 : 1 Now after these things, the Lord made selection of seventy others and sent them before him, two together, into every town and place where he himself was about to come. 2 And he said to them, There is much grain ready to be cut, but not enough workers: so make prayer to the Lord of the grain-fields that he will send workers to get in the grain.
  • Acts 13:2 : 2 And while they were doing the Lord's work, and going without food, the Holy Spirit said, Let Barnabas and Saul be given to me for the special work for which they have been marked out by me.
  • 1 Cor 12:28 : 28 And God has put some in the church, first, Apostles; second, prophets; third, teachers; then those with wonder-working powers, then those with the power of taking away disease, helpers, wise guides, users of strange tongues.
  • Jer 3:15 : 15 And I will give you keepers, pleasing to my heart, who will give you your food with knowledge and wisdom.
  • 2 Thess 3:1 : 1 For the rest, my brothers, let there be prayer for us that the word of the Lord may go forward with increasing glory, even as it does with you;
  • Eph 4:11 : 11 And he gave some as Apostles, and some, prophets; and some, preachers of the good news; and some to give care and teaching;
  • John 20:21 : 21 And Jesus said to them again, May peace be with you! As the Father sent me, even so I now send you.
  • Acts 8:4 : 4 But those who had gone in flight went everywhere preaching the word.
  • Matt 10:1-3 : 1 And he got together his twelve disciples and gave them the power of driving out unclean spirits, and of making well all sorts of disease and pain. 2 Now the names of the twelve are these: The first, Simon, who is named Peter, and Andrew, his brother; James, the son of Zebedee, and John, his brother; 3 Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew, the tax-farmer; James, the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;
  • Luke 6:12-13 : 12 And it came about in those days that he went out to the mountain for prayer; and he was all night in prayer to God. 13 And the day came and, turning to his disciples, he made a selection from among them of twelve, to whom he gave the name of Apostles;
  • Ps 68:11 : 11 The Lord gives the word; great is the number of the women who make it public.
  • Ps 68:18 : 18 You have gone up on high, taking your prisoners with you; you have taken offerings from men; the Lord God has taken his place on the seat of his power.

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    36 But when he saw all the people he was moved with pity for them, because they were troubled and wandering like sheep without a keeper.

    37 Then he said to his disciples, There is much grain but not enough men to get it in.

  • Luke 10:1-3
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    1 Now after these things, the Lord made selection of seventy others and sent them before him, two together, into every town and place where he himself was about to come.

    2 And he said to them, There is much grain ready to be cut, but not enough workers: so make prayer to the Lord of the grain-fields that he will send workers to get in the grain.

    3 Go on your way: see, I send you out like lambs among wolves.

  • John 4:35-38
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    35 You would say, Four months from now is the time of the grain-cutting. Take a look, I say to you, at the fields; they are even now white for cutting.

    36 He who does the cutting now has his reward; he is getting together fruit for eternal life, so that he who did the planting and he who gets in the grain may have joy together.

    37 In this the saying is a true one, One does the planting, and another gets in the grain.

    38 I sent you to get in grain which you had no hand in planting: other men did that work, and you take the reward.

  • Luke 8:9
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    9 And his disciples put questions to him about the point of the story.

  • Matt 20:1-2
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    1 For the kingdom of heaven is like the master of a house, who went out early in the morning to get workers into his vine-garden.

    2 And when he had made an agreement with the workmen for a penny a day, he sent them into his vine-garden.

  • 2 Cor 9:6
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    6 But in the Writings it says, He who puts in only a small number of seeds, will get in the same; and he who puts them in from a full hand, will have produce in full measure from them.

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    9 And I say to you, Make requests, and they will be answered; what you are searching for, you will get; when you give the sign, the door will be open to you.

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    7 They say to him, Because no man has given us work. He says to them, Go in with the rest, into the vine-garden.

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  • Mark 4:3
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    3 A man went out to put seed in the earth:

  • Matt 13:9
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    9 He who has ears, let him give ear.

  • 2 Cor 9:10
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    10 And he who gives seed for putting into the field and bread for food, will take care of the growth of your seed, at the same time increasing the fruits of your righteousness;

  • Matt 13:18
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    18 Give ear, then, to the story of the man who put the seed in the earth.

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  • Matt 13:27-30
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    27 And the servants of the master of the house came and said to him, Sir, did you not put good seed in your field? how then has it evil plants?

    28 And he said, Someone has done this in hate. And the servants say to him, Is it your pleasure that we go and take them up?

    29 But he says, No, for fear that by chance while you take up the evil plants, you may be rooting up the grain with them.

    30 Let them come up together till the getting in of the grain; and then I will say to the workers, Take up first the evil plants, and put them together for burning: but put the grain into my store-house.

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    4 And he said to them, Go into the vine-garden with the others, and whatever is right I will give you. And they went to work.

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    37 And he made answer and said, He who puts the good seed in the earth is the Son of man;

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    9 What then will the master of the garden do? He will come and put the workmen to death, and will give the garden into the hands of others.

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    5 A man went out to put in seed, and while he was doing it, some was dropped by the wayside and it was crushed under foot, and was taken by the birds of heaven.

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    9 And he said to them, Whoever has ears, let him give ear.

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    28 Come to me, all you who are troubled and weighted down with care, and I will give you rest.

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    10 Or has he us in mind? Yes, it was said for us; because it is right for the ploughman to do his ploughing in hope, and for him who is crushing the grain to do his work hoping for a part in the fruits of it.

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    3 And he gave them teaching in the form of a story, saying, A man went out to put seed in the earth;