"Beware of false prophets, who, indeed, come to you in sheep's clothing, but within are ravening wolves.

And, seeing the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and scattered, as sheep having no shepherd.

but go ye rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

"Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves; become ye, therefore, as wise as the serpents and as innocent as doves.

And He said to them "What man of you who shall have one sheep; and, if this should fall into a pit on the sabbath, will not lay hold of it, and raise it up?

How much better, therefore, is a man than a sheep! Therefore, it is lawful to do well on the sabbath."

But He, answering, said, "I was not sent, except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel."

"What think ye? If a hundred sheep belong to a certain man, and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety and nine on the mountains, and, going, seek the straying one?

and there will be gathered before Him all the nations; and He will separate them one from another, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats;

and He will set the sheep, indeed, on His right hand, but the goats on the left.

Then Jesus saith to them, "All ye will be made to stumble because of Me this night; for it has been written, 'I will smite the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered abroad.'