Matthew 9:36
When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were troubled and discouraged. They were like sheep without a shepherd.
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37He said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few.
Cross References
1 Kings 22:17So Micaiah said, “I saw all Israel scattered to the mountains, like sheep who have no shepherd, and Yahweh said, 'These have no shepherd. Let every man return to his house in peace.'”
Isaiah 56:9All you wild beasts of the field, come and devour, all you beasts in the forest! 1
Ezekiel 34:3You eat the fatty portions and you dress in wool. You slaughter the fatlings of the flock. You do not shepherd at all.
Zechariah 11:16for see, I am about to set in place a shepherd in the land. He will not care for the perishing sheep. He will not seek out the sheep gone missing, nor heal the crippled sheep. He will not feed the sheep that are healthy, but will eat the flesh of the fattened sheep and will tear off their hooves. 1
Matthew 10:6Go instead to the lost sheep of the house of Israel;
Matthew 15:24But Jesus answered and said, “I was not sent to anyone 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 →