Matthew 9:36
And having seen the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, that they were faint and cast aside, as sheep not having a shepherd;
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37then He says to His disciples, “The harvest indeed [is] abundant, but the workmen few;
Cross References
1 Kings 22:17And he says, “I have seen all Israel scattered on the hills as sheep that have no shepherd, and YHWH says, These have no master; let them return—each to his house in peace.”
Isaiah 56:9Every beast of the field, || Come to devour, every beast in the forest.
Ezekiel 34:3You eat the fat, and you put on the wool, || You slaughter the fed one, || You do not feed the flock.
Zechariah 11:16For behold, I am raising up a shepherd in the land, || The cut off he does not inspect, || The shaken off he does not seek, || And the broken he does not heal, || The standing he does not sustain, || And the flesh of the fat he eats, || And their hooves he breaks off.
Matthew 10:6and be going rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Matthew 15:24and He answering said, “I was not sent except to the lost sheep 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 →