Matthew 9:37-38; Matthew 10:10; Matthew 20:1-2; Matthew 20:8

Matthew 9:37-38

37 Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few.

38 Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.”

Matthew 10:10

10 no bag for the journey or extra shirt or sandals or a staff, for the worker is worth his keep.

Matthew 20:1-2

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

2 He agreed to pay them a denariusfor the day and sent them into his vineyard.

Matthew 20:8

8 “When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last ones hired and going on to the first.’