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"Teachers, what opportunities are yours! What a privilege is within your reach of molding the minds and characters of the youth under your charge! What a joy it will be to you to meet them round the great white throne, and to know that you have done what you could to fit them for immortality! If your work stands the test of the great day, like sweetest music will fall upon your ears the benediction of the Master, “Well done, thou good and faithful servant: ... enter thou into the joy of thy Lord.” Matthew 25:21 . CT 48.1"
Direct citation 99% Matthew 25:21
"His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord."
The EGW passage directly quotes Matthew 25:21, making it an explicit allusion.
"In the great harvest field there is abundance of work for all, and those who neglect to do what they can will be found guilty before God. Let us work for time and for eternity. Let us work with all the powers that God has bestowed upon us, and He will bless our well-directed efforts. CT 48.2"
Related principle 90% Matthew 9:37
"Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few;"
Both passages refer to a harvest and the need for laborers. The EGW passage speaks of the 'great harvest field' and the need to work, while Matthew 9:37 highlights the plenteous harvest and the few laborers.
"The Saviour longs to save the young. He would rejoice to see them around His throne, clothed in the spotless robes of His righteousness. He is waiting to place upon their heads the crown of life, and to hear their happy voices join in ascribing honor and glory and majesty to God and the Lamb in the song of victory that shall echo and re-echo through the courts of heaven. CT 48.3"
Related principle 90% Revelation 7:9
"After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;"
Both passages describe a scene of saved individuals around God's throne, clothed in white robes, ascribing glory to God. The EGW passage focuses on the joy of seeing the young saved, while Revelation 7:9 describes a great multitude before the throne.

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