'Sheep' in the Bible

And he found in the temple [courts] those who were selling oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers seated.

And he made a whip of cords [and] drove [them] all out of the temple [courts], both the sheep and the oxen, and he poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables.

"Truly, truly I say to you, the one who does not enter through the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbs up at some other place--that one is a thief and a robber.

But the one who enters through the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

For this one the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

Whenever he sends out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice.

Then Jesus said to them again, "Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.

All those who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep do not listen to them.

"I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

The hired hand, who is not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, sees the wolf approaching and abandons the sheep and runs away--and the wolf seizes them and scatters [them]--

because he is a hired hand and {he is not concerned} about the sheep.

just as the Father knows me and I know the Father, and I lay down my life for the sheep.

And I have other sheep which are not from this fold. I must bring these also, and they will hear my voice, and they will become one flock--one shepherd.

But you do not believe, because you are not of my sheep!

My sheep listen to my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.

He said to him again a second time, "Simon [son] of John, do you love me?" He said to him, "Yes, Lord, you know that I love you." He said to him, "Shepherd my sheep!"

He said to him a third [time], "Simon [son] of John, do you love me?" Peter was distressed because he said to him a third [time], "Do you love me?" and he said to him, "Lord, you know everything! You know that I love you!" Jesus said to him, "Feed my sheep!