The hardworking farmer ought to receive the first share of the crops.
“For the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.
The man who had received the five talents went and traded with them, and made five more talents.
He said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest.
I do this for the sake of the gospel, so that I may share in its blessings.
Think about what I am saying. May the Lord give yoʋ understanding in everything.
For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise.
For land that has drunk the rain that often falls upon it, and produces a crop useful to those for whom it is cultivated, receives a blessing from God.