Acts 20:28

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Summary

Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.

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For I know this, that after my departure grievous wolves shall enter in among you, not sparing the flock.

Tell me, You whom my soul loves, where do You feed, where do You lie down at noon? For why should I be as one who is veiled beside the flocks of Your companions?

He shall feed His flock like a shepherd; He shall gather the lambs with His arm, and carry them in His bosom, and shall gently lead those with young.

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 shepherd of His flock? Where is He who put His Holy Spirit within him;

But if you will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride. And my eye shall weep sore and run down with tears, because Jehovah's flock was captured.

Hear the Word of Jehovah, O nations, and declare it in the coastlands afar off. And say, He who scattered Israel will gather him and keep him, as a shepherd keeps his flock.

And you My sheep, the sheep of My pasture, are men, and I am your God, says the Lord Jehovah.

Feed your people with your rod, the flock of your inheritance, who dwell alone in the woods, in the midst of Carmel; let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.

Do not fear, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

Feed the flock of God among you, taking the oversight, not by compulsion, but willingly; nor for base gain, but readily;

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As they ministered to the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, So, then, separate Barnabas and Saul to Me for the work to which I have called them.

And having hand-picked elders for them in every church, and had prayed with fastings, they commended them to the Lord into whom they believed.

For through the Spirit is given to one a word of wisdom; and to another a word of knowledge, according to the same Spirit;

Do not neglect the gift in you, which was given you by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the body of elders.

To feed

He also chose David His servant, and took him from the sheepfolds;

The lips of the righteous feed many; but fools die for lack of wisdom.

He shall feed His flock like a shepherd; He shall gather the lambs with His arm, and carry them in His bosom, and shall gently lead those with young.

And I will give you shepherds according to My heart, who shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.

You eat the fat and clothe yourselves with the wool; you kill the fat ones, but you do not feed the flock.

And He shall stand and feed in the strength of Jehovah, in the majesty of the name of Jehovah His God. And they shall sit, for now He shall be great to the ends of the earth.

Feed your people with your rod, the flock of your inheritance, who dwell alone in the woods, in the midst of Carmel; let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.

For so says Jehovah my God: Feed the flock of the slaughter,

"And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are not the least among the governors of Judah. For out of you shall come a Governor who shall rule My people Israel."

Feed the flock of God among you, taking the oversight, not by compulsion, but willingly; nor for base gain, but readily;

The church

to the church of God which is in Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called out with all those in every place who call on the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours.

Give no offense, either to the Jews, or to the Greeks or to the church of God;

For do you not have houses in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the church of God, and shame those who do not have? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you for this? I do not praise you!

For I am the least of the apostles and am not sufficient to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

For you heard my manner of life when I was in Judaism, that I persecuted the church of God with surpassing zeal, and ravaged it.

(For if a man does not know to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)

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Remember Your congregation, which You have purchased of old, the rod of Your inheritance which You have redeemed; this mount Zion in which You have dwelt.

Yet it pleased Jehovah to crush Him; to grieve Him; that He should put forth His soul as a guilt-offering. He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days, and the will of Jehovah shall prosper in His hand.

In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace,

in whom we have redemption through His blood, the remission of sins.

nor by the blood of goats and calves, but by His own blood He entered once for all into the Holies, having obtained eternal redemption for us.

knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, silver or gold, from your vain manner of life handed down from your fathers,

But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for possession, so that you might speak of the praises of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;

And they sang a new song, saying, You are worthy to take the book and to open its seals, for You were slain and have redeemed us to God by Your blood out of every kindred and tongue and people and nation.