Matthew 9:37-38

9:37 Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. 9:38 Therefore ask the Lord of the harvest ¹  to send out ²  workers into his harvest.”

Matthew 10:10

10:10 no bag ³  for the journey, or an extra tunic, ⁴  or sandals or staff, ⁵  for the worker deserves his provisions.

Matthew 20:2

20:2 And after agreeing with the workers for the standard wage, ⁶  he sent them into his vineyard.

Matthew 20:1

Workers in the Vineyard

20:1 “For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner ⁷  who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.

Matthew 20:8

20:8 When ⁸  it was evening ⁹  the owner of the vineyard said to his manager, ‘Call the workers and give the pay ¹⁰  starting with the last hired until the first.’

¹ sn The phrase Lord of the harvest recognizes God’s sovereignty over the harvest process.

² tn Grk “to thrust out.”

¹ tn Or “no traveler’s bag”; or possibly “no beggar’s bag” (L&N 6.145; BDAG 811 s.v. πήρα).

² tn Grk “two tunics.” See the note on the word “tunic” in Matt 5:40.

³ sn Mark 6:8 allows one staff. It might be that Matthew’s summary (cf. Luke 9:3) means not taking an extra staff or that the expression is merely rhetorical for “traveling light” which has been rendered in two slightly different ways.

¹ tn Grk “agreeing with the workers for a denarius a day.”

¹ sn The term landowner here refers to the owner and manager of a household.

¹ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

² sn That is, six o’clock in the evening, the hour to pay day laborers. See Lev 19:13b.

³ tc ‡ Most witnesses (including B D W Θ Ë^1,13 33^vid Ï latt sy) have αὐτοῖς (autois, “to them”) after ἀπόδος (apodos, “give the pay”), but this seems to be a motivated reading, clarifying the indirect object. The omission is supported by א C L Z 085 Or. Nevertheless, NA²⁷ includes the pronoun on the basis of the greater external attestation.