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General Information:
Jesus uses a proverb about harvesting to tell his disciples how they should respond to the needs of the crowds mentioned in the previous section.
The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few
Jesus uses a proverb to respond to what he is seeing. Jesus means there are a lot of people who are ready to believe God but only few people to teach them God's truth. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-proverbs)
The harvest is plentiful
"There is plenty of ripe food for someone to collect"
laborers
"workers"
pray to the Lord of the harvest
"pray to God, because he is in charge of the harvest"