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When Jesus saw the multitudes He was moved with compassion; He suffered in heart with them, for they were as shepherdless sheep, torn and distressed.

From Quiet Talks on the Crowned Christ of Revelation by Gordon, S. D. (Samuel Dickey)

The Apostles turned at Derbe, and coming back on their outward route, reached Antioch, encouraging the new disciples, who had now to be left truly like shepherdless sheep among wolves.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture: the Acts by Maclaren, Alexander

This docile flock was shepherdless, it was not thought to need any superintendence, it had only to receive its instructions from Newcastle through the channel of some such agent as Robinson.

From Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections by Rosebery, Archibald Phillip Primrose

No longer do the shepherdless dogs drive the flock asunder in a hundred different directions.

From The Bride of Dreams by Auw, Mellie von

On the voyage to Santo Domingo she had learned of a shepherdless flock of colored Protestants, their minister dead, their "elder" disabled by lameness.

From Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 by Elliott, Maud Howe