Key verses
Matthew 9:37-38 - Then he [Jesus] 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."
Genesis
Another curious reading in Genesis - today we find out that Manasseh and Ephraim are adopted by Jacob as his two sons. This got me thinking about the 12 tribes of Israel, because Jacob already had 12 sons, and I knew that these two sons of Joseph figured in there somewhere. After some digging, I got to Numbers 34. Here God tells Moses which people will assign the inheritance of land to the tribes. Reuben and Joseph are not mentioned, and Joseph's first two sons are. If you want to read an outside article on this, check out http://www.gotquestions.org/twelve-tribes-Israel.html.
Acts
What a perfect story to demonstrate mob mentality. In Acts 14, we read about Paul and Barnabas' ministry in Lystra. They healed a crippled man and the crowd thought they were Hermes and Zeus, which both Paul and Barnabas quickly denied. Here they are cheering Paul and Barnabas, and then a couple verses later, the Jews from Antioch and Iconium come around and persuade the crowd over to their side (which is against Paul and Barnabas' Messianic message), and the crowd goes from cheering for these two to nearly killing Paul by stoning him! You've got to have a tough hide to be a missionary.
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