{"author":null,"canonical_references":[],"database_sha256":"5fddf067e74d742c7a4e862c9286868f5120e39076e14ec91fefdb8da5e6115c","date_end":null,"date_start":null,"edition_year":null,"id":"sermonindex-anf-3340","native_reference":{"book_number":470,"chapter_from":9,"chapter_to":9,"system":"MyBible module coordinates (mapping unverified)","verse_from":37,"verse_to":37},"public_import_allowed":false,"record_kind":"verse-keyed-module-record","review_required":["English edition and exact text","author/work attribution","dating","verse mapping and citation kind","reuse and attribution","split author quotations and deduplicate"],"review_status":"unreviewed","source_html":"<p>Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book I</p><p>If, then, \"the harvest is plenteous, but the labourers few,\" it is incumbent on us \"to pray\" that there may be as great abundance of labourers as possible.[13]</p><p>Origen Against Celsus Book I</p><p>e to the present occasion, as it confirms both the divine manifestation of our Saviour's foreknowledge regarding the preaching of His Gospel, and the power of His word, which without the aid of teachers gains the mastery over those who yield their assent to persuasion accompanied with divine power; and the words of Jesus referred to are, \"The harvest is plenteous, but the labourers are few; pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that He will send forth labourers into His harvest.\"[122]</p><p>The First Epistle of Clement Concerning Virginity</p><p>Let us, therefore, \"ask of the Lord of the harvest\" that He would send forth workmen into the harvest;[130]</p><p>Recognitions of Clement IV</p><p>For I remember that He said, `The harvest indeed is plenteous, but the labourers are few; ask therefore the Lord of the harvest, that He would send out labourers into His harvest.'[5]</p><p>Of the Journeyings of Philip the Apostle</p><p>Behold, the supper is ready; and blessed is he who is invited, and is ready to go to Him that has invited him. The harvest of the field is much,[20]</p>","source_html_sha256":"bf2aa13d0fb938f780b387f6b45a56d81ed7fde3924132af07b3d4a1942970a7","source_module":"ANF","source_row_id":3340,"source_url":"https://www.sermonindex.net/commentary/anf/","text_sha256":"ab41e57acad5f1e80d5ea24581089c368fc0868ac9771bd3fb584e45a0fcce08","translator":null,"work":null}