36 (A)Seeing the crowds, He felt compassion for them, (B)because they were [a]distressed and downcast, like sheep [b]without a shepherd.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 9:36 Or weary
  2. Matthew 9:36 Lit not having

35-38 Then Jesus made a circuit of all the towns and villages. He taught in their meeting places, reported kingdom news, and healed their diseased bodies, healed their bruised and hurt lives. When he looked out over the crowds, his heart broke. So confused and aimless they were, like sheep with no shepherd. “What a huge harvest!” he said to his disciples. “How few workers! On your knees and pray for harvest hands!”

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36 Whenever crowds came to Him, He had compassion for them because they were so deeply distraught, malaised, and heart-broken. They seemed to Him like lost sheep without a shepherd.

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Jesus is touched by the people’s need

35-36 Jesus now travelled through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the Gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds of illness and disability. As he looked at the vast crowds he was deeply moved with pity for them, for they were as bewildered and miserable as a flock of sheep with no shepherd.

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36 Y viendo las multitudes(A), tuvo compasión de ellas, porque estaban angustiadas y abatidas como ovejas que no tienen pastor(B).

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