Matthew 9:36

Catholic Public Domain Version

Then, seeing the multitudes, he had compassion on them, because they were distressed and were reclining, like sheep without a shepherd.

Cross References

1 Kings 22:17

And he said: "I saw all of Israel scattered among the hills, like sheep that have no shepherd. And the Lord said: 'These have no master. Let each of them return to his own house in peace.' "

2 Chronicles 18:16

Then he said: "I saw all of Israel scattered amid the mountains, like sheep without a shepherd. And the Lord said: 'These have no masters. Let each one return in peace to his own house.' "

Isaiah 13:14

And they will be like a doe fleeing away, or like sheep; and there will be no one who may gather them together. Each one will turn to his own people, and every one will flee to his own land.

Jeremiah 50:6

My people have become a lost flock. Their shepherds have led them astray and have caused them to wander in the mountains. They have crossed from mountain to hill. They have forgotten their resting place.

Zechariah 10:2

For the images have been speaking what is useless, and the diviners have seen a lie, and the dreamers have been speaking false hope: they have comforted in vain. For this reason, they have been led away like a flock; they will be afflicted, because they have no shepherd.

Zechariah 11:16

For behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, who will not visit what is forsaken, nor seek what is scattered, nor heal what is broken, nor nourish what remains standing, and he will consume the flesh of the fatted ones and break their hoofs.

Numbers 27:17

and who may be able to exit and enter before them, and who may lead them out or lead them in: lest the people of the Lord be like sheep without a shepherd."

Matthew 10:6

but instead go to the sheep who have fallen away from the house of Israel.

Matthew 14:14

And going out, he saw a great multitude, and he took pity on them, and he cured their sick.

Matthew 15:24

And responding, he said, "I was not sent except to the sheep who have fallen away from the house of Israel."

Matthew 15:32

And Jesus, calling together his disciples, said: "I have compassion on the crowds, because they have persevered with me now for three days, and they do not have anything to eat. And I am not willing to dismiss them, fasting, lest they faint along the way."

Mark 6:34

And Jesus, going out, saw a great multitude. And he took pity on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd, and he began to teach them many things.

Mark 8:2

"I have compassion for the multitude, because, behold, they have persevered with me now for three days, and they do not have anything to eat.

Hebrews 4:15

For we do not have a high priest who is unable to have compassion on our infirmities, but rather one who was tempted in all things, just as we are, yet without sin.

Hebrews 5:2

he is able to commiserate with those who are ignorant and who wander astray, because he himself is also encompassed by infirmity.