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Markdown
17 lines
691 B
Markdown
Jesus uses a figure of speech about harvesting to tell his disciples how they should respond to the needs of the crowds in the previous section.
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## The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few ##
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This metaphor compares the great number of people who will believe in God and be added to his kingdom to food growing in a field, and those who tell others about God to the laborers. The point of the metaphor is that there are too few people to tell the many people about God. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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## harvest ##
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"collection of ripe food"
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## laborers ##
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"workers"
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## pray to the Lord of the harvest ##
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"pray to the Lord. He is in charge of the harvest." |