Matthew 9:36

The Harvest Is Plentiful, the Laborers Few

36 f But when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were 1 weary and scattered, g like sheep having no shepherd.

  1. Cross References
    Mark 6:34
    And Jesus, when He came out, saw a great multitude and was moved with compassion for them, because they were like sheep not having a shepherd. So He began to teach them many things.
  2. Cross References
    Numbers 27:17
    "who may go out before them and go in before them, who may lead them out and bring them in, that the congregation of the LORD may not be like sheep which have no shepherd."
    1 Kings 22:17
    Then he said, "I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd. And the LORD said, 'These have no master. Let each return to his house in peace.'
    Ezekiel 34:5
    So they were scattered because there was no shepherd; and they became food for all the beasts of the field when they were scattered.
    Zechariah 10:2
    For the idols speak delusion; The diviners envision lies, And tell false dreams; They comfort in vain. Therefore the people wend their way like sheep; They are in trouble because there is no shepherd.
    Mark 6:34
    And Jesus, when He came out, saw a great multitude and was moved with compassion for them, because they were like sheep not having a shepherd. So He began to teach them many things.
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