Matthew 9:36

+ 9:36. MP: Unfit leaders means the people have no shepherd. (Eze 34:5) But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and scattered, like sheep without a shepherd.

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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.

In Context

35+ 9:35. MP: Messiah bears (removes, heals) our “diseases, sickness, sorrows”. (Is 53:4) Yeshua [Salvation] went about all the cities and the villages, + 9:35. MP: The Shepherds, leader teachers, of Israel do not tend to their own people. (Eze 34:4) teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the Good News of the Kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people.

37Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest indeed is plentiful, but the laborers are few.

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Cross References

Isaiah 56:9All you animals of the field, 2 come to devour, 2 all you animals in the forest. 1

Matthew 10:6Rather, go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel [God prevails].

Matthew 15:24+ 15:24. MP: Messiah will restore and raise up Israel, turning them back to God. (Is 49:5b) But he answered, “I was not sent to just anyone but to the lost sheep of the house of Israel [God prevails].”

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 →

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