35 ⁿAnd Jesus went throughout all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction. 36 ^oWhen he saw the crowds, ^phe had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, ^qlike sheep without a shepherd. 37 ^rThen he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; 38 therefore ^spray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to ^tsend out laborers into his harvest.”