Matthew 9:36

New American Bible - revised edition

At the sight of the crowds, his heart was moved with pity for them because they were troubled and abandoned, like sheep without a shepherd.

Cross References

1 Kings 22:17

So Micaiah said: “I see all Israel scattered on the mountains, like sheep without a shepherd, And the Lord saying, These have no master! Let each of them go back home in peace.”

2 Chronicles 18:16

So Micaiah said: “I see all Israel scattered on the mountains, like sheep without a shepherd, And the Lord saying, These have no masters! Let each of them go back home in peace.”

Isaiah 13:14

Like a hunted gazelle, or a flock that no one gathers, They shall turn each to their own people and flee each to their own land.

Jeremiah 50:6

Lost sheep were my people, their shepherds misled them, leading them astray on the mountains; From mountain to hill they wandered, forgetting their fold.

Zechariah 10:2

For the teraphim have spoken nonsense, the diviners have seen false visions; Deceitful dreams they have told, empty comfort they have offered. This is why they wandered like sheep, wretched, for they have no shepherd.

Zechariah 11:16

For I am raising up a shepherd in the land who will take no note of those that disappear, nor seek the strays, nor heal the injured, nor feed the exhausted; but he will eat the flesh of the fat ones and tear off their hoofs!

Numbers 27:17

who will be their leader in battle and who will lead them out and bring them in, that the Lord’s community may not be like sheep without a shepherd.”

Matthew 10:6

Go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

Matthew 14:14

When he disembarked and saw the vast crowd, his heart was moved with pity for them, and he cured their sick.

Matthew 15:24

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

Matthew 15:32

Jesus summoned his disciples and said, “My heart is moved with pity for the crowd, for they have been with me now for three days and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away hungry, for fear they may collapse on the way.”

Mark 6:34

When he disembarked and saw the vast crowd, his heart was moved with pity for them, for they were like sheep without a shepherd; and he began to teach them many things.

Mark 8:2

“My heart is moved with pity for the crowd, because they have been with me now for three days and have nothing to eat.

Hebrews 4:15

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

Hebrews 5:2

He is able to deal patiently with the ignorant and erring, for he himself is beset by weakness