Therefore said he unto them, ‹The harvest truly› [is] ‹great, but the labourers› [are] ‹few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.›
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
Il leur dit: La moisson est grande, mais il y a peu d'ouvriers. Priez donc le maître de la moisson d'envoyer des ouvriers dans sa moisson.
KJV
Therefore said he unto them, ‹The harvest truly› [is] ‹great, but the labourers› [are] ‹few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.›
Thomas Aquinas
Catena Aurea - Gospel of Matthew
or the harvest;” [ John 4:35 ] and again, “The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few,” [ Luke 10:2 ] in which words He speaks of the harvest as being already present. How then does He here speak of it as something yet to come? Because He has used the figure of the har…
John of Ephesus
Ecclesiastical History
the larger group of the 70 or 72 disciples whom Jesus dispatched to do missionary work according to Luke 10:1–16. EH 3.1.3.i (SR; HL) 3.16–26 ܐܙܕ̣ܗܪ̈ܘ […] ܡܛܠ ܫܡܝ “Beware […] for my name’s sake”: This quotation of Matthew 10:17–22 corresponds neatly to the Peshitta. John employ…
CYRIL ALEXANDRIEN
Commentarii in Lucam
ν γαρ το φυτον, ευριζον τε και εγκαρπον και αει τοις υδασιν εντεθηλος, ευμεγεθες τε και υψικομον. ZU LK 10, 2 Ἀλλ' ην εικος υπονοησαι τινας αποκεκινησθαι μεν τους πρωτους, αντεισενηνεχθαι δε τουτους ως αμεινον η εκεινοι μυσταγωγειν δυναμενους. ινα τοινυν αποκειρηι των ημετερων δι…
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