en_tn/mat/09/37.md

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.

The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few

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)

harvest

"collection of ripe food"

laborers

"workers"

pray to the Lord of the harvest

"pray to the Lord. He is in charge of the harvest."