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Shepherd
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Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. — read the full passage →
I am the good shepherd.The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and I’m known by my own;
For you were going astray like sheep; but now have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
When the chief Shepherd is revealed, you will receive the crown of glory that doesn’t fade away.
Yahweh’s word came to me, saying, — read the full passage →
Now may the God of peace, who brought again from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep with the blood of an eternal covenant, our Lord Jesus,
But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and scattered, like sheep without a shepherd.
He will feed his flock like a shepherd. He will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom. He will gently lead those who have their young.
Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing.
for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne shepherds them, and leads them to springs of waters of life. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”
Know well the state of your flocks, and pay attention to your herds:
I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.
Yahweh’s word came to me, saying, — read the full passage →
“But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory. — read the full passage →
He shall stand, and shall shepherd in the strength of Yahweh, in the majesty of the name of Yahweh his God: and they will live, for then he will be great to the ends of the earth.
He gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, shepherds and teachers;
“Most certainly, I tell you, one who doesn’t enter by the door into the sheep fold, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. — read the full passage →
Know that Yahweh, he is God. It is he who has made us, and we are his. We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
My servant David shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my ordinances, and observe my statutes, and do them.
There were shepherds in the same country staying in the field, and keeping watch by night over their flock.
For thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I myself, even I, will search for my sheep, and will seek them out. — read the full passage →
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
even as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. I lay down my life for the sheep.
“Which of you men, if you had one hundred sheep, and lost one of them, wouldn’t leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one that was lost, until he found it? — read the full passage →
Hear us, Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock, you who sit above the cherubim, shine out.
So we, your people and sheep of your pasture, will give you thanks forever. We will praise you forever, to all generations.
“Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
Hear Yahweh’s word, you nations, and declare it in the islands afar off; and say, He who scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd does his flock.
So when they had eaten their breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I have affection for you.” He said to him, “Feed my lambs.” — read the full passage →
Don’t be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the Kingdom.
Then Jesus said to them, “All of you will be made to stumble because of me tonight, for it is written, ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’
The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.
Jesus came out, saw a great multitude, and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd, and he began to teach them many things.
I will give you shepherds according to my heart, who shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.
All we like sheep have gone astray. Everyone has turned to his own way; and Yahweh has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. — read the full passage →
“Awake, sword, against my shepherd, and against the man who is close to me,” says Yahweh of Armies. “Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; and I will turn my hand against the little ones.
“Most certainly, I tell you, one who doesn’t enter by the door into the sheep fold, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
I have other sheep, which are not of this fold.I must bring them also, and they will hear my voice. They will become one flock with one shepherd.
But his bow remained strong. The arms of his hands were made strong, by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, (from there is the shepherd, the stone of Israel),
Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.
Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not under compulsion, but voluntarily, not for dishonest gain, but willingly;
The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out.
Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! says Yahweh.
My people have been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray; they have turned them away on the mountains; they have gone from mountain to hill; they have forgotten their resting place.
But he led out his own people like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. — read the full passage →
Whenever he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.
The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out. — read the full passage →
Thus says Yahweh: “As the shepherd rescues out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear, so shall the children of Israel be rescued who sit in Samaria on the corner of a couch, and on the silken cushions of a bed.”
As a shepherd seeks out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered abroad, so will I seek out my sheep; and I will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
As I live, says the Lord Yahweh, surely because my sheep became a prey, and my sheep became food to all the animals of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my sheep, but the shepherds fed themselves, and didn’t feed my sheep;
He was oppressed, yet when he was afflicted he didn’t open his mouth. As a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that before its shearers is mute, so he didn’t open his mouth.
He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who doesn’t own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, leaves the sheep, and flees. The wolf snatches the sheep, and scatters them.
But one who enters in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
He told them this parable. — read the full passage →
“Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went out to meet the bridegroom. — read the full passage →
So when they had eaten their breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I have affection for you.” He said to him, “Feed my lambs.”
I give eternal life to them. They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. — read the full passage →
For the teraphim have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie; and they have told false dreams. They comfort in vain. Therefore they go their way like sheep. They are oppressed, because there is no shepherd.
Then he remembered the days of old, Moses and his people, saying, Where is he who brought them up out of the sea with the shepherds of his flock? where is he who put his holy Spirit in their midst?
Who says of Cyrus, ‘He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure,’ even saying of Jerusalem, ‘She will be built;’ and of the temple, ‘Your foundation will be laid.’”
He restores my soul. He guides me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
Therefore the Father loves me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again. — read the full passage →
Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and tell them, even to the shepherds, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Woe to the shepherds of Israel who feed themselves! Shouldn’t the shepherds feed the sheep?
I will surely assemble, Jacob, all of you; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as a flock in the midst of their pasture; they will swarm with people.
Now may the God of peace, who brought again from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep with the blood of an eternal covenant, our Lord Jesus, — read the full passage →
I am the good shepherd.The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. — read the full passage →
“Most certainly, I tell you, one who doesn’t enter by the door into the sheep fold, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. — read the full passage →
“What do you think? If a man has one hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine, go to the mountains, and seek that which has gone astray? — read the full passage →
“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.
He said, “I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd. Yahweh said, ‘These have no master. Let them each return to his house in peace.’”
Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.
The next day, he saw Jesus coming to him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my sheep at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the sheep; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; and I will deliver my sheep from their mouth, that they may not be food for them.
He also chose David his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds; — read the full passage →
Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming close to him to hear him. — read the full passage →
I and the Father are one.”
I am the door. If anyone enters in by me, he will be saved, and will go in and go out, and will find pasture.
“Which of you men, if you had one hundred sheep, and lost one of them, wouldn’t leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one that was lost, until he found it?
Woe to the worthless shepherd who leaves the flock! The sword will be on his arm, and on his right eye. His arm will be completely withered, and his right eye will be totally blinded!”
Let not many of you be teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive heavier judgment.
Jesus therefore said to them again, “Most certainly, I tell you, I am the sheep’s door.
The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time;
Behold, an angel of the Lord stood by them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.
Save your people, and bless your inheritance. Be their shepherd also, and bear them up forever.
One who says, “I know him,” and doesn’t keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth isn’t in him.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
that you shall say, ‘Your servants have been keepers of livestock from our youth even until now, both we, and our fathers:’ that you may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians.”
I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and I’m known by my own; — read the full passage →
A second likewise is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’
A fiery stream issued and came out from before him: thousands of thousands ministered to him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.
When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man. He laid his right hand on me, saying, “Don’t be afraid. I am the first and the last,
Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the assembly of the Lord and God which he purchased with his own blood.
Jesus spoke this parable to them, but they didn’t understand what he was telling them.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →
Jesus went out from the temple, and was going on his way. His disciples came to him to show him the buildings of the temple. — read the full passage →
He said to them, “Because of your unbelief. For most certainly I tell you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will tell this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.
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