Beware of false prophets; they come to you with the garb of sheep but at heart they are ravenous wolves.

As he saw the crowds he was moved with pity for them; they were harassed and dejected, like sheep without a shepherd.

rather make your way to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; so be wise like serpents and guileless like doves.

He said to them, "Is there a man of you with one sheep, who will not catch hold of it and lift it out of a pit on the sabbath, if it falls in?

And how much more is a man worth than a sheep? Thus it is right to do a kindness on the sabbath."

He replied, "It was only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel that I was sent."

Tell me, if a man has a hundred sheep and one of them strays, will he not leave the ninety-nine sheep on the hills and go in search of the one that has strayed?

and all nations will be gathered in front of him; he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats,

setting the sheep on his right hand and the goats on his left.

Then Jesus said to them, "You will all be disconcerted over me to-night, for it is written, I will strike at the shepherd and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.