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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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 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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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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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
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
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
Acts 22:21
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21 And he said to me, ‘Go, for I will send you (A)far away to the Gentiles.’”
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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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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
Acts 16:9-10
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9 And a vision appeared to Paul in the night: a man of Macedonia was standing there, urging him and saying, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.” 10 And when Paul[a] had seen the vision, immediately (A)we sought to go on into Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.
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- Acts 16:10 Greek he
Acts 13:4
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Barnabas and Saul on Cyprus
4 So, being sent out (A)by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed to Cyprus.
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Acts 13:2
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2 While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, (A)the Holy Spirit said, (B)“Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul (C)for the work to which I have called them.”
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Acts 11:19
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The Church in Antioch
19 (A)Now those who were scattered because of the persecution that arose over Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except Jews.
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Acts 8:4
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Philip Proclaims Christ in Samaria
4 Now (A)those who were scattered went about preaching the word.
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Luke 9:1
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Jesus Sends Out the Twelve Apostles
9 (A)And he called the twelve together and gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases,
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Mark 16:20
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20 And they went out and preached everywhere, while (A)the Lord worked with them and confirmed (B)the message (C)by accompanying signs.]]
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Matthew 20:1
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Laborers in the Vineyard
20 “For the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.
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Zechariah 11:17
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17 (A)“Woe to my worthless shepherd,
(B)who deserts the flock!
May the sword strike his arm
and (C)his right eye!
Let his arm be wholly withered,
his right eye utterly blinded!”
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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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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