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Then Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and curing every disease and every sickness.
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When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
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Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few;
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therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest."
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