Matthew 9:36 References
36
aSeeing the people, He felt compassion for them, bbecause they were distressed and dispirited like sheep without a shepherd.
b Numbers 27:17, Ezekiel 34:5, Zechariah 10:2, Mark 6:34
Numbers 27
17
who awill go out and come in before them, and who will lead them out and bring them in, so that the congregation of the Lord will not be blike sheep which have no shepherd."
Ezekiel 34
5
"They were ascattered for lack of a shepherd, and they became bfood for every beast of the field and were scattered.
Zechariah 10
2
For the ateraphim speak iniquity, And the bdiviners see lying visions And tell cfalse dreams; They comfort in vain. Therefore the people wander like dsheep, They are afflicted, because there is no shepherd.