“But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them because they were harassedand scattered, like sheep without a shepherd.”
Matthew 9:36 (WEB)
Context Reading
34But the Pharisees said, “By the prince of the demons, he casts out demons.” 35Jesus went about all the cities and the villages, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the Good News of the Kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people. 36But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them because they were harassedand scattered, like sheep without a shepherd. 37Then he said to his disciples,“The harvest indeed is plentiful, but the laborers are few. 38Pray therefore that the Lord of the harvest will send out laborers into his harvest.”