'Sheep' in the Bible

Because he is a hired hand and is not concerned about the sheep, he runs away.

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

I have other sheep that do not come from this sheepfold. I must bring them too, and they will listen to my voice, so that there will be one flock and one shepherd.

But you refuse to believe because you are not my sheep.

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

Jesus said a second time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" He replied, "Yes, Lord, you know I love you." Jesus told him, "Shepherd my sheep."

Jesus said a third time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" Peter was distressed that Jesus asked him a third time, "Do you love me?" and said, "Lord, you know everything. You know that I love you." Jesus replied, "Feed my sheep.

Now the passage of scripture the man was reading was this: "He was led like a sheep to slaughter, and like a lamb before its shearer is silent, so he did not open his mouth.

As it is written, "For your sake we encounter death all day long; we were considered as sheep to be slaughtered."

Now may the God of peace who by the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep, our Lord Jesus Christ,

For you were going astray like sheep but now you have turned back to the shepherd and guardian of your souls.

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