Matthew 9:38

9:38 Therefore ask the Lord of the harvest ¹  to send out ²  workers into his harvest.”

Matthew 24:42

24:42 “Therefore stay alert, because you do not know on what day ³  your Lord will come.

Matthew 25:13

25:13 Therefore stay alert, because you do not know the day or the hour. ⁴ 

Matthew 25:28

25:28 Therefore take the talent from him and give it to the one who has ten. ⁵ 

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¹ sn The phrase Lord of the harvest recognizes God’s sovereignty over the harvest process.

² tn Grk “to thrust out.”

³ tc Most later mss (L 0281 Ï lat) have here ὥρᾳ ({wra, “hour”) instead of ἡμέρα (Jemera, “day”). Although the merits of this reading could be argued either way, in light of the overwhelming and diverse early support for ἡμέρᾳ ({א B C D W Δ Θ Ë¹³ 33 892 1424, as well as several versions and fathers}), the more general term is surely correct.

⁴ tc Most later mss (C³ ˹³ 1424^c Ï) also read here “in which the Son of Man is coming” (ἐν ᾗ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἔρχεται, en |h Jo Juio" tou anqrwpou ercetai), reproducing almost verbatim the last line of Matt 24:44. The longer reading thus appears to be an explanatory expansion and should not be considered authentic. The earlier and better witnesses ({̳⁵ א A B C* D L W Δ Θ Ë¹ 33 565 892 1424* lat co}) lack this phrase.

⁵ tn Grk “the ten talents.”