Matthew 9:35-38

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The Workers Are Few

³⁵Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness.^(A) ³⁶When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them,^(B) because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.^(C) ³⁷Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest^(D) is plentiful but the workers are few.^(E) ³⁸Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.”

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Psalm 23:1-3

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Psalm 23

A psalm of David.

¹The Lord is my shepherd,^(A) I lack nothing.^(B)
²    He makes me lie down in green pastures,
he leads me beside quiet waters,^(C)
³    he refreshes my soul.^(D)
He guides me^(E) along the right paths^(F)
    for his name’s sake.^(G)

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Isaiah 53:6

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⁶We all, like sheep, have gone astray,^(A)
each of us has turned to our own way;^(B)
and the Lord has laid on him
the iniquity^(C) of us all.

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Isaiah 53:6 in all English translations

Isaiah 53:6

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⁶We all, like sheep, have gone astray,^(A)
each of us has turned to our own way;^(B)
and the Lord has laid on him
the iniquity^(C) of us all.

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Isaiah 53:6 in all English translations

Isaiah 53:6

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⁶We all, like sheep, have gone astray,^(A)
each of us has turned to our own way;^(B)
and the Lord has laid on him
the iniquity^(C) of us all.

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1 Peter 2:24-25

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²⁴“He himself bore our sins”^(A) in his body on the cross,^(B) so that we might die to sins^(C) and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.”^(D) ²⁵For “you were like sheep going astray,”^[a]^(E) but now you have returned to the Shepherd^(F) and Overseer of your souls.^(G)