Mark 6:34

And he got out, and saw a great mass of people, and he had pity on them, because they were like sheep without a keeper: and he gave them teaching about a number of things.

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In The King James Version

And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd: and he began to teach them many things.

In Context

33And the people saw them going, and a number of them, having knowledge who they were, went running there together on foot from all the towns, and got there before them.

35And at the end of the day, his disciples came to him and said, This place is waste land, and it is late:

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Cross References

Numbers 27:17To go out and come in before them and be their guide; so that the people of the Lord may not be like sheep without a keeper.

2 Chronicles 18:16Then he said, I saw all Israel wandering on the mountains like sheep without a keeper; and the Lord said, These have no master: let them go back, every man to his house in peace.

Jeremiah 50:6My people have been wandering sheep: their keepers have made them go out of the right way, turning them loose on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, having no memory of their resting-place.

Matthew 9:36But when he saw all the people he was moved with pity for them, because they were troubled and wandering like sheep without a keeper.

Matthew 15:32And Jesus got his disciples together and said, I have pity for the people, because they have now been with me three days and have no food: and I will not send them away without food, or they will have no strength for the journey.

Romans 15:2Let every one of us give pleasure to his neighbour for his good, to make him strong.

Matthew Henry on Mark 6:31-45

The Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes. 30 And the apostles gathered themselves together unto Jesus, and told him all things, both what they had done, and what they had taught. 31 And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat. 32 And they departed into a desert place by ship privately. 33 And the people saw them departing, and many knew him, and ran afoot thither out of all cities, and outwent… Read the whole commentary →

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