Matthew 9:37 - Exposition

Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest —of human souls ( John 4:35-38 ). Truly. So also the Revised Version; too strong a rendering of μέν . Is plenteous (cf. Matthew 10:23 ; Bengel), but the labourers are few . Who besides himself? John the Baptist, some who had been healed, e.g. the Gadarene demoniac, and perhaps a few unknown true believers. Not the twelve, for these are evidently distinguished, and only to be included under the labourers spoken of in the end of the next verse. If, however, the utterance was originally spoken to the seventy ( vide supra ), the reference would be to the twelve.