John 21:16

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep.

My sheep

General references

John 20:6

Bible References

My sheep

I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.

For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To-day, if ye will hear his voice,

Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn my hand upon the little ones.

And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:

And he spoke this parable to them, saying,

For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.

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

Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,

For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned to the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.

General references

Thus I was; in the day the drouth consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from my eyes.

Then said he to me, These are the places of them that boil, where the ministers of the house shall boil the sacrifice of the people.

And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them.

If ye love me, keep my commandments.

Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulcher, and seeth the linen cloths lying;