Matthew 9:35-38

35 Jesus was going through all the cities and villages, ¹teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and every kind of sickness.

36 ²Seeing the people, He felt compassion for them, ³because they were distressed and dispirited like sheep without * a shepherd.

37 Then He said to His disciples, "⁴The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.

38 "Therefore beseech the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest."

Cross References

• 1. Matthew 4:23; Mark 1:14
• 2. Matthew 14:14; Matthew 15:32; Mark 6:34; Mark 8:2
• 3. Numbers 27:17; Ezekiel 34:5; Zechariah 10:2; Mark 6:34
• 4. Luke 10:2

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "crowds"
• [b]. Or "harassed"
• [c]. Lit "thrown down"
• [d]. Lit "not having"