The Crowds Are Harrassed and Helpless, Like Sheep Without a Shepherd

The next story is going to take quite a bit of time to talk about, so we will not fit it in our podcast. Verse 35: When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Ari thinks that this theme is going tobe a theme for matthew, that the god's people are lacking shepherds. And i think the driving idea there is god's leaders, and in this case it'd be the pharisees.