35Do you not say, Four months more and then the harvest? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest. 36Even now the reaper draws his wages, even now he harvests the crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may be glad together. 37Thus the saying One sows and another reaps is true. 38I sent you to reap what you have not worked for. Others have done the hard work, and you have reaped the benefits of their labor (John 4).
Jesus saw the whole world as his vineyard. With the cross and open tomb behind Him, it was harvest time beginning in Jerusalem, then Judea and Samaria, and on to the uttermost parts of the world. The harvesters would be called as teens, young adults, and on to the elderly. No matter when they clocked in and on the job, the reward for each is etenal life. Jesus is an equal opportunity employer, and is fair to all.