the kingdom.

Matthew 3:2
and saying, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near."

Matthew 13:24, 31, 33, 44, 45, 47
Jesus presented another parable to them: "The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. . . .

Matthew 22:2
"The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.

Matthew 25:1, 14
At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. . . .

a man.

Matthew 9:37, 38
Then He said to his disciples, "The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. . . .

Matthew 21:33-43
Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a tower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey. . . .

Song of Solomon 8:11, 12
Solomon had a vineyard in Baal-hamon. He leased it to the tenants. For its fruit, each was to bring a thousand shekels of silver. . . .

Isaiah 5:1, 2
I will sing for my beloved, a song of his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill. . . .

John 15:1
I am the true vine, and My Father is the keeper of the vineyard.

early.

Matthew 23:37
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!

Song of Solomon 8:11, 12
Solomon had a vineyard in Baal-hamon. He leased it to the tenants. For its fruit, each was to bring a thousand shekels of silver. . . .

Jeremiah 25:3, 4
"From the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah until this very day--twenty-three years--the word of the LORD has come to me, and I have spoken to you again and again, but you have not listened. . . .

labourers.

Mark 13:34
It is like a man going on a journey who left his house, put each servant in charge of his own task, and instructed the doorkeeper to keep watch.

1 Corinthians 15:58
Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast and immovable. Always excel in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.

Hebrews 13:21
equip you with every good thing to do His will. And may He accomplish in us what is pleasing in His sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.

2 Peter 1:5-10
For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge; . . .