1 Thessalonians 2:7

But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother caring for her children.

John 10:11

"I am the good shepherd; and a good shepherd [is willing] to die for the sheep.

Galatians 4:19

My little children [i.e., dear ones], I am again deeply pained [as a woman in childbirth] over your [spiritual] condition, until [the life of] Christ becomes formed in your character.

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Summary

Have I conceived all this people? have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father beareth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers?

Carry them

Bible References

Carry them

John 10:11
"I am the good shepherd; and a good shepherd [is willing] to die for the sheep.

As a nursing

Galatians 4:19
My little children [i.e., dear ones], I am again deeply pained [as a woman in childbirth] over your [spiritual] condition, until [the life of] Christ becomes formed in your character.
1 Thessalonians 2:7
But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother caring for her children.