Cross references

Matthew 9:36

When He saw the crowds, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.

Matthew 9:36 BSB

Matthew 9:36 has 16 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 16 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Numbers 27:17 (24 votes) and Mark 6:34 (23 votes). 23 other verses point back to it. It links with 13 other books, from Numbers 27 to 1 Peter 2.

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Which verses does Matthew 9:36 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. who will 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 like sheep without a shepherd.”

  2. Mark 6:3423 votes

    When Jesus stepped ashore and saw a large crowd, He had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. And He began to teach them many things.

  3. My people are lost sheep; their shepherds have led them astray, causing them to roam the mountains. They have wandered from mountain to hill; they have forgotten their resting place.

  4. You eat the fat, wear the wool, and butcher the fattened sheep, but you do not feed the flock. You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bound up the injured, brought back the strays, or searched for the lost. Instead, you have ruled them with violence and cruelty. …

  5. When He stepped ashore and saw a large crowd, He had compassion on them and healed their sick.

  6. For idols speak deceit and diviners see illusions; they tell false dreams and offer empty comfort. Therefore the people wander like sheep, oppressed for lack of a shepherd.

  7. So Micaiah declared: “I saw all Israel scattered on the hills like sheep without a shepherd. And the LORD said, ‘These people have no master; let each one return home in peace.’”

  8. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in every way that we are, yet was without sin.

  9. He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and misguided, since he himself is subject to weakness.

  10. So Micaiah declared: “I saw all Israel scattered on the hills like sheep without a shepherd. And the LORD said, ‘These people have no master; let each one return home in peace.’”

Which verses point to Matthew 9:36?

The 10 strongest of 23.