Matthew 9:38 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

So ask the Lord who gives this harvest to send workers to harvest his crops."(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.

ASV:

Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he send forth laborers into his harvest.

BBE:

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

DBY:

supplicate therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he send forth workmen unto his harvest.

ERV:

Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he send forth labourers into his harvest.

WEY:

therefore entreat the Owner of the Harvest to send out reapers into His fields."

WBS:

Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth laborers into his harvest.

WEB:

Pray therefore that the Lord of the harvest will send out laborers into his harvest."

YLT:

beseech ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he may put forth workmen to His harvest.'

Matthew 9:38 Cross References

XREF:

Matthew 9:37 Then He said to His disciples, "The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.

Matthew 10:1 Jesus summoned His twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every kind of disease and every kind of sickness. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

9:38 Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will {i} send forth labourers into his harvest.
(i) Literally, cast them out: for men are very slow in a work so holy.

PNT:

9:38 Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest. The Lord of the harvest is Christ. When we pray the Lord for anything we must work to fulfill our own prayers. If we pray for laborers, we must be willing to become laborers ourselves, or to send and sustain other laborers.

WES:

9:38 The Lord of the harvest - Whose peculiar work and office it is, and who alone is able to do it: that he would thrust forth - for it is an employ not pleasing to flesh and blood; so full of reproach, labour, danger, temptation of every kind, that nature may well be averse to it. Those who never felt this, never yet knew what it is to be labourers in Christ's harvest. He sends them forth, when he calls them by his Spirit, furnishes them with grace and gifts for the work, and makes a way for them to be employed therein.

MHC:

9:35-38 Jesus visited not only the great and wealthy cities, but the poor, obscure villages; and there he preached, there he healed. The souls of the meanest in the world are as precious to Christ, and should be so to us, as the souls of those who make the greatest figure. There were priests, Levites, and scribes, all over the land; but they were idol shepherds, Zec 11:17; therefore Christ had compassion on the people as sheep scattered, as men perishing for lack of knowledge. To this day vast multitudes are as sheep not having a shepherd, and we should have compassion and do all we can to help them. The multitudes desirous of spiritual instruction formed a plenteous harvest, needing many active labourers; but few deserved that character. Christ is the Lord of the harvest. Let us pray that many may be raised up and sent forth, who will labour in bringing souls to Christ. It is a sign that God is about to bestow some special mercy upon a people, when he stirs them up to pray for it. And commissions given to labourers in answer to prayer, are most likely to be successful.

CONC:

Beseech Entreat Field Fields Forth Grain Grain-fields Harvest Laborers Labourers Owner Prayer Reapers Supplicate Workers Workmen

Beseech Entreat Field Fields Forth Grain Grain-Fields Harvest Laborers Owner Prayer Reapers Supplicate Workers Workmen

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