Matthew 9:35-38
35And Jesus was going through all the cities and villages, ateaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and every kind of sickness.
36aAnd seeing the crowds, He felt compassion for them, bbecause they were 1distressed and 2downcast like sheep 3without a shepherd. 37Then He *said to His disciples, “aThe harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. 38“Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest.”