Matthew 9:36

A Plentiful Harvest But Few Workers

³⁵ Then Jesus went to all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness. ³⁶ When He saw the crowds, He felt compassion for them, because they were weary and worn out, like sheep without a shepherd. ³⁷ Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest is abundant, but the workers are few.

Moved with Compassion

Scattered Abroad

Sheep Not Having a Shepherd

Sheep that Have No Shepherd

Had Compassion On Them

Large Crowd

Large Crowds

Sheep Without A Shepherd

No

Mark 6:34

So as He stepped ashore, He saw a huge crowd and had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. Then He began to teach them many things.

Numbers 27:17

who will go out before them and come back in before them, and who will bring them out and bring them in, so that the Lord’s community won’t be like sheep without a shepherd.”

Matthew 14:14

As He stepped ashore, He saw a huge crowd, felt compassion for them, and healed their sick.

Zechariah 10:2

For the idols speak falsehood,
and the diviners see illusions;
they relate empty dreams
and offer empty comfort.
Therefore the people wander like sheep;
they suffer affliction because there is no shepherd.

1 Kings 22:17

So Micaiah said:

I saw all Israel scattered on the hills
like sheep without a shepherd.
And the Lord said,
“They have no master;
let everyone return home in peace.”

Matthew 15:32

Now Jesus summoned His disciples and said, “I have compassion on the crowd, because they’ve already stayed with Me three days and have nothing to eat. I don’t want to send them away hungry; otherwise they might collapse on the way.”

2 Chronicles 18:16

So Micaiah said:

I saw all Israel scattered on the hills
like sheep without a shepherd.
And the Lord said,
“They have no master;
let each return home in peace.”

Isaiah 56:9-11

All you animals of the field and forest,
come and eat!

Jeremiah 50:6

My people are lost sheep;
their shepherds have led them astray,
guiding them the wrong way in the mountains.
They have wandered from mountain to hill;
they have forgotten their resting place.

Ezekiel 34:3-6

You eat the fat, wear the wool, and butcher the fattened animals, but you do not tend the flock.

Zechariah 11:16

I am about to raise up a shepherd in the land who will not care for those who are going astray, and he will not seek the lost or heal the broken. He will not sustain the healthy, but he will devour the flesh of the fat sheep and tear off their hooves.

Zechariah 13:7-8

Sword, awake against My shepherd,
against the man who is My associate—
this is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts.
Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered;
I will also turn My hand against the little ones.

Matthew 10:6

Instead, go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

Matthew 15:24

He replied, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”

Hebrews 4:15

For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tested in every way as we are, yet without sin.

Hebrews 5:2

He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and are going astray, since he is also subject to weakness.