Matthew 9:36
And seeing the multitudes, he had compassion on them: because they were distressed, and lying like sheep that have no shepherd.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
37Then he saith to his disciples, The harvest indeed is great, but the labourers are few.
Cross References
1 Kings 22:17And he said: I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, like sheep that have no shepherd: and the Lord said: These have no master: let every man of them return to his house in peace.
Isaiah 56:9All ye beasts of the field come to devour, all ye beasts of the forest.
Ezekiel 34:3You ate the milk, end you clothed yourselves with the wool, and you killed that which was fat: but my flock you did not feed.
Zechariah 11:16For behold I will raise up a shepherd in the land, who shall not visit what is forsaken, nor seek what is scattered, nor heal what is broken, nor nourish that which standeth, and he shall eat the flesh of the fat ones, and break their hoofs.
Matthew 10:6But go ye rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Matthew 15:24And he answering, said: I was not sent but to the sheep that are lost of 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 →