Mat 9:36 | CPDV | STEP | Then, seeing the multitudes, he had compassion on them, because they were distressed and were reclining, like sheep without a shepherd.

‏ Matthew 9:36

36 Then, seeing the multitudes, he had compassion on them, because they were distressed and were reclining, like sheep without a shepherd. ^{▼▼9:36The text literally says ‘like sheep having no shepherd.’ But the commonly used expression ‘like sheep without a shepherd’ also fits the text, and it is a phrase beloved by the faithful, so the translation prefers the latter.(Conte)}