05/2003
A Prayer 
of Jesus  
I thankthee, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to babes; yea, Father, for such was thy gracious will
ON THE HARVEST
Here are collected the utterances of Jesus that incorporate the NT Greek word (and its forms) for harvest (the reaping). This word is therismos . The definitions, as given by Thayer1 are:
therismos - harvest, i.e, the act of reaping.
The Greek word is colored in purple and inserted where it occurs in the English text below.
1. Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament, by Joseph H. Thayer
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THE LORD OF THE HARVEST
Matt.9 

[35] And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every infirmity.
[36] When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.

[37] Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few;
[38] pray therefore the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.
Mark.6 

[6] And he marveled because of their unbelief. And he went about among the villages teaching.


[ 34] As he went ashore he saw a great throng, and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd; and he began to teach them many things.
[1] After this the Lord appointed seventy others, and sent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to come.







[2] And he said to them, The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; pray therefore the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.

LET BOTH GROW TOGETHER

[24] Another parable he put before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field;
[25] but while men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away.
[26] So when the plants came up and bore grain, then the weeds appeared also.
[27] And the servants of the householder came and said to him, `Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then has it weeds?'
[28] He said to them, `An enemy has done this.' The servants said to him, `Then do you want us to go and gather them?'
[29] But he said, `No; lest in gathering the weeds you root up the wheat along with them.
[30] Let both grow together until the harvest; and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, Gather the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my barn.

[36] Then he left the crowds and went into the house. And his disciples came to him, saying, "Explain to us the parable of the weeds of the field."
[37] He answered, He who sows the good seed is the Son of man;
[38] the field is the world, and the good seed means the sons of the kingdom; the weeds are the sons of the evil one,
[39] and the enemy who sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the close of the age, and the reapers are angels.
[40] Just as the weeds are gathered and burned with fire, so will it be at the close of the age.
[41] The Son of man will send his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all causes of sin and all evildoers,
[42] and throw them into the furnace of fire; there men will weep and gnash their teeth.
[43] Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.

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THE SEED GROWING SECRETLY
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Mark.4 

[26] And he said, The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed upon the ground,
[27] and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should sprout and grow, he knows not how.
[28] The earth produces of itself, first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.
[29] But when the grain is ripe, at once he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come.
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THE HARVEST IN THE FOURTH GOSPEL
FIELDS WHITE FOR HARVEST

John.4 

    [31] Meanwhile the disciples besought him, saying, "Rabbi, eat."
    [32] But he said to them, I have food to eat of which you do not know.
    [33] So the disciples said to one another, "Has any one brought him food?"
    [34] Jesus said to them, My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to accomplish his work.
    [35] Do you not say, `There are yet four months, then comes the harvest'? I tell you, lift up your eyes, and see how the fields are already white for harvest.
    [36] He who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit for eternal life, so that sower and reaper may rejoice together.
    [37] For here the saying holds true, `One sows and another reaps.'
    [38] I sent you to reap that for which you did not labor; others have labored, and you have entered into their labor.
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