Summary: I went to every town, teaching and healing. I saw the crowds and felt deep compassion for them. I told my disciples to pray for more workers to serve the people.
Gospel Acclamation: I am the good shepherd, says the Lord; I know my sheep, and mine know me. (John 10:14)
Jesus went around to all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the Gospel of the Kingdom, and curing every disease and illness. At the sight of the crowds, his heart was moved with pity for them because they were troubled and abandoned, like sheep without a shepherd.
Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest.”