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Matthew 9:37

Matthew 9:37
Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few;

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Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

The harvest truly is plenteous ... - Another beautiful image. A waving field of golden grain invites many reapers and demands haste. By the reference to the harvest here, he meant that the multitude…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Matthew 9:35-38

Here is, I. A conclusion of the foregoing account of Christ's preaching and miracles (Mat 9:35); He went about all the cities teaching and healing. This is the same we had before, Mat 4:23. There it…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

The harvest truly is plenteous, &c. The same expression occurs Luk 10:2 on the occasion of sending forth the Seventy, cp. also Joh 4:35, "Lift up your eyes and look on the fields, for they are white…