“Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.”
Matthew 9:38 — Greek Interlinear
Church Fathers on Matthew 9:38
The Lord would refute by actions the charge of the Pharisees, who said, 'He casteth out daemons by the 'Prince of the daemons;' for a daemon having suffered rebuke, does not return good but evil to those who have not shewn him honour. But the Lord on the other hand, when He had suffered blasphemy and contumely, not only does not punish, but does not utter a hard speech, yea He shews kindness to them that did it, as it here follows, 'And Jesus went about all their towns and…
Observe how equally in villages, cities, and towns, that is to great as well as small, He preaches the Gospel, not respecting the might of the noble, but the salvation of those that believe. It follows, 'Teaching in their synagogues;' this was His meat, going about to do the will of His Father, and saving by His teaching such as yet believed not.
He taught in their synagogues the Gospel of the Kingdom, as it follows, 'Preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom.'