Matthew 9:36
But when He saw the large crowds He felt compassion for them because they were distressed and disoriented like sheep without a shepherd.
Matthew 10:6
But [rather] go to the lost sheep of the people of Israel.
Matthew 18:12-13
What do you think? If anyone had a hundred sheep, and one of them wandered away, would he not leave the ninety-nine [safe ones] and go to the mountains looking for the one that wandered away?
Matthew 21:35
But the tenant farmers took the farm owner's slaves and beat one, killed another and stoned another.
Matthew 24:49
and then becomes physically abusive to his fellow-slaves, and eats and drinks [at parties] with drunkards,
Luke 15:4-6
"Which one of you who has a hundred sheep, and loses one of them, would not leave the ninety-nine in a deserted place and go looking for the lost one until he finds it?
2 Corinthians 1:24
For we do not have [the right to] rule over your faith [i.e., to dictate concerning your personal relationship with God], but we want to work with you for your happiness. For you are [already] standing firm in your faith. [Note: This whole narrative alludes to some unresolved problems still existing there in Corinth].
Hebrews 12:12
Therefore, [Prov. 4:26 says], "Strengthen your limp hands and weak knees;
James 5:1-6
Come on now, you rich people, cry and wail over the miseries that are coming upon you.
1 Peter 5:2-3
You should serve as shepherds of God's flock [i.e., the church], among whom you minister, providing careful oversight [of the people], not because you feel forced to, but because you want to, as this is in accordance with the way God wants it to be. Do not [serve as elders] simply out of a desire for the income you receive, but because your heart is in it.
Revelation 13:14-17
[And] by being given [power] to perform these signs in the sight of the [first] beast, he deceived the people on earth. He told them to make a statue to [honor] the [first] beast, who had been wounded by a sword and yet lived [through it].
Revelation 17:5-6
And on her forehead was written a mysterious [name], "The great Babylon, the mother of the prostitutes and the disgusting things of the earth."