Matthew 9:36
Then, seeing the multitudes, he had compassion on them, because they were distressed and were reclining, like sheep without a shepherd.
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37Then he said to his disciples: “The harvest indeed is great, but the laborers are few.
Cross References
1 Kings 22:17And he said: “I saw all of Israel scattered among the hills, like sheep that have no shepherd. And the Lord said: ‘These have no master. Let each of them return to his own house in peace.’”
Isaiah 56:9All beasts of the field, all the beasts of the forest: approach and devour!
Ezekiel 34:3You consumed the milk, and you covered yourselves with the wool, and you killed what was fattened. But my flock you did not feed.
Zechariah 11:16For behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, who will not visit what is forsaken, nor seek what is scattered, nor heal what is broken, nor nourish what remains standing, and he will consume the flesh of the fatted ones and break their hoofs.
Matthew 10:6but instead go to the sheep who have fallen away from the house of Israel.
Matthew 15:24And responding, he said, “I was not sent except to the sheep who have fallen away from the house of Israel.”
Matthew Henry on Matthew 9:36-38
Jesus Preaching throughout the Country. 35 And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people. 36 But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd. 37 Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; 38 Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest,… Read the whole commentary →