He wept at the sight of people who were «
like sheep without a shepherd.»
He had compassion for the thousands of people who were lost and wandering
like sheep without a shepherd.
Thus they arrived ahead of Jesus and the disciples; but although his attempt to find solitude had failed, «he had compassion on them, because they were
like sheep without a shepherd; and he began to teach them many things» (Mk 6:34; Mt 14:14; cf. 9:36; Lk 9:11).
We'd be
like sheep without a shepherd again.
Jesus saw the crowd, we are told, «
like sheep without a shepherd,» a leaderless mob without a clue.
Here we have seven loaves instead of five, 4,000 instead of 5,000, compassion because of the people's hunger here, compassion because they are
like sheep without a shepherd in the earlier narrative.
When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless,
like sheep without a shepherd.
He had only compassion for them because they were
like sheep without a shepherd.
He had compassion on the crowds, as he has had on us, because they were
like sheep without a shepherd.