Matthew 9:36

Modern English Version

But when He saw the crowds, He was moved with compassion for them, because they fainted and were scattered, like sheep without a shepherd.

Cross References

1 Kings 22:17

And he said, “I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, as sheep without a shepherd, and the Lord said, ‘These have no master. Let every man return to his own house in peace.’ ”

2 Chronicles 18:16

Then he said, “I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains like sheep that have no shepherd. The Lord said, ‘There are no masters for them. Let each man return to his home in peace.’ ”

Isaiah 13:14

It shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man takes up; every man shall turn to his own people and flee every one into his own land.

Jeremiah 50:6

My people have been lost sheep. Their shepherds have caused them to go astray; they have turned them away on the mountains. They have gone from mountain to hill and have forgotten their resting place.

Zechariah 10:2

For the household Teraphim idols speak wickedness, and the diviners envision lies. They utter false dreams, and provide comfort that does not last. So the people wander about like sheep; they are afflicted because there is no shepherd.

Zechariah 11:16

For I am raising up a shepherd in the land who will not care for those who are perishing, nor seek the young, nor heal the broken, nor feed those who are standing still. But he will eat the flesh of the fat and tear their hoofs in pieces.

Numbers 27:17

who will go out before them, and who will go in before them, and who will lead them out, and who will bring them in, so the assembly of the Lord will not be like sheep who do not have a shepherd.”

Matthew 10:6

But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

Matthew 14:14

Jesus went ashore and saw a great assembly. And He was moved with compassion toward them, and He healed their sick.

Matthew 15:24

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

Matthew 15:32

Then Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, “I have compassion on the crowd, because they have remained with Me now for three days and have nothing to eat. I will not send them away hungry, lest they faint on the way.”

Mark 6:34

When Jesus came out and saw many people, He was moved with compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. And He began to teach them many things.

Mark 8:2

“I have compassion on the crowd, because they have now been with Me three days and have nothing to eat.

Hebrews 4:15

For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who was in every sense tempted like we are, yet without sin.

Hebrews 5:2

He is able to have compassion on the ignorant and on those who are wayward, for he himself is also subject to weakness.