³⁶ When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.^{(A) 37} Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few;^{(B) 38} therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.”

¹⁶ “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.^(A)