MATTHEW 10: Go Into The Field

The Fields Are Ripe

Matthew 9 closed with Jesus pleading for workers to go into the harvest field:

When He saw the crowds, He had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into His harvest field. – Matthew 9:36-38

There is urgency in these words. This urgency underlies all He said in Matthew 10, which consists of instructions to His disciples as He