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The second might be that there is so much to harvest that he just can’t find enough people to do the work. The first is that he might hire a lot of people to work in the fields but there would not be enough work to keep them busy. If a man owned a farm, there are two problems he might encounter when it came time to harvest. The problem was not that there were not enough people to harvest, but that there were not enough laborers to do the work. People are the harvest-lost souls waiting to be saved and brought into God’s kingdom. Practically speaking, He needed others to go out and preach the gospel. He could not be everywhere at once, nor could He meet every need. In His earthly existence, He was limited by His human body. There was no shortage of people who needed the gospel of the kingdom proclaimed to them. Jesus could have spent every waking hour healing and teaching. Then he said to his disciples, ‘The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.’” When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Verses 32–34 - Jesus heals a man unable to speak, but the Pharisees say He heals by demonic power.Īll of these incidents lead to the final section of Matthew chapter 9, verses 35–38: “And Jesus went throughout all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction. Verses 27–31 - Jesus heals two blind men. Verses 18–26 - A woman with chronic bleeding is healed, and Jesus raises a young girl back to life. Apparently, Jesus’ followers are too social. Verses 14–17 - The Pharisees criticize Jesus and His disciples for not fasting enough. Verses 9–13 - Jesus calls Matthew, a tax collector, and is chided by the Pharisees for spending time with “sinners.”
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