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# General Information:
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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.
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# The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few
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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]])
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# The harvest is plentiful
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"There is plenty of ripe food for someone to collect"
# laborers
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"workers"
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# pray to the Lord of the harvest
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"pray to God, because he is in charge of the harvest"
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