Matthew 9:38
therefore pray to the Lord of the harvest, that He would send out laborers into his harvest.
John 10:11
I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd layeth down his life for the sheep.
Acts 20:28
Take heed therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the holy Spirit hath appointed you bishops, to feed the church of God, which He purchased with his own blood.
Hebrews 12:9
Now if we had fathers of our flesh, who corrected us, and we gave them reverence; shall we not much more be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live?
1 Peter 5:2-4
taking the episcopal charge of it, not by constraint, but willingly; not for shameful lucre, but with a ready mind: