Matthew 9:36-38
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
36 (A)At the sight of the crowds, his heart was moved with pity for them because they were troubled and abandoned,[a] like sheep without a shepherd. 37 [b](B)Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; 38 so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest.”
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- 9:36 See Mk 6:34; Nm 27:17; 1 Kgs 22:17.
- 9:37–38 This Q saying (see Lk 10:2) is only imperfectly related to this context. It presupposes that only God (the master of the harvest) can take the initiative in sending out preachers of the gospel, whereas in Matthew’s setting it leads into Mt 10 where Jesus does so.
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