82. Traveling Through Cities and Villages and Compassion for the Sheep Without a Shepherd. Mt. 9:35–38; Mk. 6:6;

Then the Lord went about through the surrounding villages and through all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the Gospel of the Kingdom and healing every disease and every infirmity among the people. Seeing the multitudes of people, He was moved with compassion toward them, because they were weary and scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd. Then He said to His disciples: The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray to the Lord of the harvest, that He send forth laborers into His harvest.