The hard-workingfarmeroughtto be the firstto receive his shareof the crops.
For you haveneedof endurance,sothat when you have donethe willof God,you may receivewhat was promised.
I doall thingsfor the sakeof the gospel,sothat I may becomea fellow partakerof it.
And He was sayingto them, "The harvestis plentiful,but the laborersare few;thereforebeseechthe Lordof the harvestto sendout laborersinto His harvest.
"For the kingdomof heavenis likea landownerwhowentout earlyin the morningto hirelaborersfor his vineyard.
He who tendsthe figtreewill eatits fruit,And he who caresfor his masterwill be honored.
ConsiderwhatI say,for the Lordwill giveyou understandingin everything.
For groundthat drinksthe rainwhich oftenfallson it and brings forthvegetationusefulto thosefor whosesakeit is alsotilled,receivesa blessingfrom God;
"Immediatelythe one who had receivedthe fivetalentswentand tradedwith them, and gainedfivemoretalents.
