Compassion for the crowds.

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Matthew 9.36-38.†‡
³⁶ Ἰδὼν δὲ τοὺς ὄχλους ἐσπλαγχνίσθη περὶ αὐτῶν, ὅτι ἦσαν ἐσκυλμένοι καὶ ἐρριμμένοι ὡσεὶ πρόβατα μὴ ἔχοντα ποιμένα. ³⁷ τότε λέγει τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ· Ὁ μὲν θερισμὸς πολύς, οἱ δὲ ἐργάται ὀλίγοι· ³⁸ δεήθητε οὖν τοῦ κυρίου τοῦ θερισμοῦ ὅπως ἐκβάλῃ ἐργάτας εἰς τὸν θερισμὸν αὐτοῦ.
Extant: א B C D L W Δ Θ ƒ¹ ƒ¹³ Byzantine.
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³⁶ But upon seeing the crowds he had compassion for them, because they were oppressed and thrown down as sheep that do not have a shepherd. ³⁷ Then he says to his disciples: The harvest is great, but the workers few. ³⁸ Request of the Lord of the harvest therefore that he might cast out workers into his harvest.

{Mark 6.34b.}†
{^34b ...ὅτι ἦσαν ὡς πρόβατα μὴ ἔχοντα ποιμένα, καὶ ἤρξατο διδάσκειν αὐτοὺς πολλά.}
{^34b ...because they were as sheep that do not have a shepherd, and he began to teach them many things.}

{Luke 10.2.}‡
{² Ἔλεγεν δὲ πρὸς αὐτούς· Ὁ μὲν θερισμὸς πολύς, οἱ δὲ ἐργάται ὀλίγοι· δεήθητε οὖν τοῦ κυρίου τοῦ θερισμοῦ ὅπως ἐργάτας ἐκβάλῃ εἰς τὸν θερισμὸν αὐτοῦ.}
{² But he said toward them: The harvest is great, but the workers few. Request of the Lord of the harvest therefore that he might cast out workers into his harvest.}