Matthew 9:37-38

37 aThen he said to his disciples, The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; 38therefore bpray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to csend out laborers into his harvest.”

Luke 10:1-2

Jesus Sends Out the Seventy-Two

1After this the Lord appointed dseventy-two
Some manuscripts seventy; also verse 17
others and fsent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to go.
2 gAnd he said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. hTherefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.

Luke 10:7

7And remain in the same house, eating and drinking what they provide, for ithe laborer deserves his wages. Do not go from house to house.

John 4:38

38I sent you to reap jthat for which you did not labor. Others have labored, kand you have entered into their labor.”

Acts 20:35

35In all things lI have shown you that mby working hard in this way we must nhelp the weak and oremember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, ‘It is more blessed pto give than to receive.’

1 Corinthians 3:9

9For we are qGod’s fellow workers. You are God’s field, rGod’s building.

1 Corinthians 15:10

10But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, sI worked harder than any of them, tthough it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me.

1 Thessalonians 2:9

9For you remember, brothers, uour labor and toil: we vworked night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you, while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.
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