2009-09-02T11:35:25-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/crowds/ http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%209:35-36&version=NIV 2009-09-02T11:35:25-05:00 Jesus' compassion underlined everything he did. Here, while he was traveling around Israel preaching, he is moved by the helplessness of the harassed and oppressed people who gather to hear him.