Matthew 9:36

Contemporary English Version 1995

When he saw the crowds, he felt sorry for them. They were confused and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.

Cross References

Numbers 27:17

Your people need someone to lead them into battle, or else they will be like sheep wandering around without a shepherd.”

Mark 6:34

When Jesus got out of the boat, he saw the large crowd that was like sheep without a shepherd. He felt sorry for the people and started teaching them many things.

Jeremiah 50:6

My people, you are lost sheep abandoned in the mountains by their shepherds. You don't even remember your resting place.

Matthew 14:14

When Jesus got out of the boat, he saw the large crowd. He felt sorry for them and healed everyone who was sick.

Zechariah 10:2

You can't believe idols and fortunetellers, or depend on the hope you receive from witchcraft and interpreters of dreams. But you have tried all of these, and now you are like sheep without a shepherd.

Matthew 15:32

Jesus called his disciples together and told them, “I feel sorry for these people. They have been with me for three days, and they don't have anything to eat. I don't want to send them away hungry. They might faint on their way home.”

Matthew 15:24

Jesus said, “I was sent only to the people of Israel! They are like a flock of lost sheep.”

2 Chronicles 18:16

Micaiah answered, “In a vision I saw Israelite soldiers wandering around, lost in the hills like sheep without a shepherd. The Lord said, ‘These troops have no leader. They should go home and not fight.’ ”

Hebrews 5:2

A high priest has weaknesses of his own, and he feels sorry for foolish and sinful people.

Hebrews 4:15

Jesus understands every weakness of ours, because he was tempted in every way that we are. But he did not sin!

Matthew 10:6

Go only to the people of Israel, because they are like a flock of lost sheep.

1 Kings 22:17

He answered, “In a vision I saw Israelite soldiers walking around in the hills like sheep without a shepherd to guide them. The Lord said, ‘This army has no leader. They should go home and not fight.’ ”

Zechariah 11:16

Once more I am going to let a worthless nobody rule the land—one who won't care for the strays or search for the young or heal the sick or feed the healthy. He will just dine on the fattest sheep, leaving nothing but a few bones.”

Isaiah 13:14

Everyone will run to their homelands, just as hunted deer run, and sheep scatter when they have no shepherd.

Mark 8:2

“I feel sorry for these people. They have been with me for three days, and they don't have anything to eat.