Matthew 9:36

World English Bible (2000)

But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and scattered, like sheep without a shepherd.

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  • Mark 6:34 : 34 Jesus came out, saw a great multitude, and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd, and he began to teach them many things.
  • Num 27:17 : 17 who may go out before them, and who may come in before them, and who may lead them out, and who may bring them in; that the congregation of Yahweh not be as sheep which have no shepherd."
  • Matt 14:14 : 14 Jesus went out, and he saw a great multitude. He had compassion on them, and healed their sick.
  • Zech 10:2 : 2 For the teraphim have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie; and they have told false dreams. They comfort in vain. Therefore they go their way like sheep. They are oppressed, because there is no shepherd.
  • Ezek 34:3-6 : 3 You eat the fat, and you clothe yourself with the wool, you kill the fatlings; but you don't feed the sheep. 4 You haven't strengthened the diseased, neither have you healed that which was sick, neither have you bound up that which was broken, neither have you brought back that which was driven away, neither have you sought that which was lost; but with force and with rigor you have ruled over them. 5 They were scattered, because there was no shepherd; and they became food to all the animals of the field, and were scattered. 6 My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and on every high hill: yes, my sheep were scattered on all the surface of the earth; and there was none who searched or sought.
  • Matt 15:32 : 32 Jesus summoned his disciples and said, "I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days and have nothing to eat. I don't want to send them away fasting, or they might faint on the way."
  • Heb 5:2 : 2 The high priest can deal gently with those who are ignorant and going astray, because he himself is also surrounded with weakness.
  • Jer 50:6 : 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; they have forgotten their resting place.
  • 1 Kgs 22:17 : 17 He said, "I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd. Yahweh said, 'These have no master. Let them each return to his house in peace.'"
  • 2 Chr 18:16 : 16 He said, "I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd. Yahweh said, 'These have no master. Let them return every man to his house in peace.'"
  • Isa 56:9-9 : 9 All you animals of the field, come to devour, [yes], all you animals in the forest. 10 His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all mute dogs, they can't bark; dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber. 11 Yes, the dogs are greedy, they can never have enough; and these are shepherds who can't understand: they have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, from every quarter.
  • Zech 11:16 : 16 For, behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, who will not visit those who are cut off, neither will seek those who are scattered, nor heal that which is broken, nor feed that which is sound; but he will eat the flesh of the fat sheep, and will tear their hoofs in pieces.
  • Zech 13:7-8 : 7 "Awake, sword, against my shepherd, and against the man who is close to me," says Yahweh of Armies. "Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; and I will turn my hand against the little ones. 8 It shall happen that in all the land," says Yahweh, "two parts in it will be cut off and die; but the third will be left in it.
  • Matt 10:6 : 6 Rather, go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
  • Matt 15:24 : 24 But he answered, "I wasn't sent to anyone but the lost sheep of the house of Israel."
  • Heb 4:15 : 15 For we don't have a high priest who can't be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but one who has been in all points tempted like we are, yet without sin.

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  • Mark 6:33-36
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    33 They saw them going, and many recognized him and ran there on foot from all the cities. They arrived before them and came together to him.

    34 Jesus came out, saw a great multitude, and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd, and he began to teach them many things.

    35 When it was late in the day, his disciples came to him, and said, "This place is deserted, and it is late in the day.

    36 Send them away, that they may go into the surrounding country and villages, and buy themselves bread, for they have nothing to eat."

  • Matt 14:13-16
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    13 Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat, to a deserted place apart. When the multitudes heard it, they followed him on foot from the cities.

    14 Jesus went out, and he saw a great multitude. He had compassion on them, and healed their sick.

    15 When evening had come, his disciples came to him, saying, "This place is deserted, and the hour is already late. Send the multitudes away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves food."

    16 But Jesus said to them, "They don't need to go away. You give them something to eat."

  • Matt 9:37-38
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    37 Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest indeed is plentiful, but the laborers are few.

    38 Pray therefore that the Lord of the harvest will send out laborers into his harvest."

  • Mark 8:1-3
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    1 In those days, when there was a very great multitude, and they had nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples to himself, and said to them,

    2 "I have compassion on the multitude, because they have stayed with me now three days, and have nothing to eat.

    3 If I send them away fasting to their home, they will faint on the way, for some of them have come a long way."

  • Matt 15:30-33
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    30 Great multitudes came to him, having with them the lame, blind, mute, maimed, and many others, and they put them down at his feet. He healed them,

    31 so that the multitude wondered when they saw the mute speaking, injured whole, lame walking, and blind seeing--and they glorified the God of Israel.

    32 Jesus summoned his disciples and said, "I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days and have nothing to eat. I don't want to send them away fasting, or they might faint on the way."

    33 The disciples said to him, "Where should we get so many loaves in a deserted place as to satisfy so great a multitude?"

  • Matt 9:35
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    35 Jesus went about all the cities and the villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the Good News of the Kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people.

  • Matt 20:34
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    34 Jesus, being moved with compassion, touched their eyes; and immediately their eyes received their sight, and they followed him.

  • Luke 9:11-13
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    11 But the multitudes, perceiving it, followed him. He welcomed them, and spoke to them of the Kingdom of God, and he cured those who needed healing.

    12 The day began to wear away; and the twelve came, and said to him, "Send the multitude away, that they may go into the surrounding villages and farms, and lodge, and get food, for we are here in a deserted place."

    13 But he said to them, "You give them something to eat." They said, "We have no more than five loaves and two fish, unless we should go and buy food for all these people."

  • Ezek 34:5-6
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    5 They were scattered, because there was no shepherd; and they became food to all the animals of the field, and were scattered.

    6 My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and on every high hill: yes, my sheep were scattered on all the surface of the earth; and there was none who searched or sought.

  • Matt 8:18
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    18 Now when Jesus saw great multitudes around him, he gave the order to depart to the other side.

  • Matt 19:2
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    2 Great multitudes followed him, and he healed them there.

  • 2 Chr 18:16
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    16 He said, "I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd. Yahweh said, 'These have no master. Let them return every man to his house in peace.'"

  • Matt 18:12
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    12 "What do you think? If a man has one hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, doesn't he leave the ninety-nine, go to the mountains, and seek that which has gone astray?

  • Luke 15:4
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    4 "Which of you men, if you had one hundred sheep, and lost one of them, wouldn't leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one that was lost, until he found it?

  • John 10:12
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    12 He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who doesn't own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, leaves the sheep, and flees. The wolf snatches the sheep, and scatters them.

  • Mark 3:9
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    9 He spoke to his disciples that a little boat should stay near him because of the crowd, so that they wouldn't press on him.

  • Matt 9:8
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    8 But when the multitudes saw it, they marveled and glorified God, who had given such authority to men.

  • Matt 10:6
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    6 Rather, go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

  • Luke 10:2
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    2 Then he said to them, "The harvest is indeed plentiful, but the laborers are few. Pray therefore to the Lord of the harvest, that he may send out laborers into his harvest.

  • Mark 9:14-15
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    14 Coming to the disciples, he saw a great multitude around them, and scribes questioning them.

    15 Immediately all the multitude, when they saw him, were greatly amazed, and running to him greeted him.

  • John 6:5
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    5 Jesus therefore lifting up his eyes, and seeing that a great multitude was coming to him, said to Philip, "Where are we to buy bread, that these may eat?"

  • Matt 5:1
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    1 Seeing the multitudes, he went up onto the mountain. When he had sat down, his disciples came to him.

  • Matt 13:2
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    2 Great multitudes gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat, and sat, and all the multitude stood on the beach.

  • 1 Kgs 22:17
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    17 He said, "I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd. Yahweh said, 'These have no master. Let them each return to his house in peace.'"

  • Matt 12:15
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    15 Jesus, perceiving that, withdrew from there. Great multitudes followed him; and he healed them all,

  • John 6:2
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    2 A great multitude followed him, because they saw his signs which he did on those who were sick.

  • Mark 2:13
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    13 He went out again by the seaside. All the multitude came to him, and he taught them.

  • Luke 10:33
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    33 But a certain Samaritan, as he traveled, came where he was. When he saw him, he was moved with compassion,

  • Luke 9:2
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    2 He sent them forth to preach the Kingdom of God, and to heal the sick.

  • Matt 15:35
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    35 He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground;

  • Matt 20:29
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    29 As they went out from Jericho, a great multitude followed him.

  • Matt 14:19
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    19 He commanded the multitudes to sit down on the grass; and he took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, broke and gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples gave to the multitudes.

  • Luke 7:13
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    13 When the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said to her, "Don't cry."

  • Matt 25:32
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    32 Before him all the nations will be gathered, and he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.