Acts 20:28
Take heed to yourselves, and all the flock, over which the Holy Ghost has placed you shepherds, to shepherdise the church of God, which He bought with His own blood.
1 Corinthians 3:1-2
And I, brethren, was not able to speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even babes in Christ.
Ephesians 4:11-12
And he gave some, apostles; some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
John 10:1-5
Truly, truly, I say unto you, the one coming not in through the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbing up some other way, he is a thief and a robber.
John 21:15-17
Then when they took breakfast, Jesus says to Simon Peter; Simon, the son of Jonah, dost thou love me with divine love more than these? He says to Him, Yes, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee as a friend. He says to him; Feed my lambs.
Luke 12:42
The Lord said, Who then is the faithful, wise steward, whom the lord will establish over his house-hold, to give them their food in season?
1 Corinthians 2:6
But we speak wisdom among the perfect: not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nought:
1 Corinthians 2:12-13
But we have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God; in order that we may know the things which have been graciously given unto us from God.
Hebrews 5:12-14
For indeed you, who ought to be teachers so far as time is concerned, have need that some one again teach you what are the rudiments of the beginning of the oracles of God; and you have need of milk, not solid food.
1 Peter 2:2
like newly born babes, desire the pure milk of the word, in order that you may grow thereby unto salvation:
1 Peter 5:1-4
Therefore I, being a fellow-elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, also a communicant of the glory which is about to be revealed, exhort the elders who are among you: