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2 Timothy 2:6

New International Reader's Version

The farmer who works hard should be the first to receive a share of the crops.

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A person who guards a fig tree will eat its fruit. And a person who protects their master will be honored.

“The kingdom of heaven is like a man who owned land. He went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.

The slave who had received five bags of gold went at once and put his money to work. He earned five bags more.

He told them, “The harvest is huge, but the workers are few. So ask the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest field.

I do all this because of the good news. And I want to share in its blessings.

Think about what I’m saying. The Lord will help you understand what all of it means.

You need to be faithful. Then you will do what God wants. You will receive what he has promised.

Some land drinks the rain that falls on it. It produces a crop that is useful to those who farm the land. That land receives God’s blessing.