'Sheep' in the Bible
and he found in the temple those selling oxen, and sheep, and doves, and the money-changers sitting,
and having made a whip of small cords, he put all forth out of the temple, also the sheep, and the oxen; and of the money-changers he poured out the coins, and the tables he overthrew,
and there is in Jerusalem by the sheep -gate a pool that is called in Hebrew Bethesda, having five porches,
'Verily, verily, I say to you, He who is not entering through the door to the fold of the sheep, but is going up from another side, that one is a thief and a robber;
and he who is entering through the door is shepherd of the sheep;
to this one the doorkeeper doth open, and the sheep hear his voice, and his own sheep he doth call by name, and doth lead them forth;
and when his own sheep he may put forth, before them he goeth on, and the sheep follow him, because they have known his voice;
Jesus said therefore again to them, 'Verily, verily, I say to you -- I am the door of the sheep;
all, as many as came before me, are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them;
'I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd his life layeth down for the sheep;
and the hireling, and not being a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, doth behold the wolf coming, and doth leave the sheep, and doth flee; and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep;
and the hireling doth flee because he is an hireling, and is not caring for the sheep.
I am the good shepherd, and I know my sheep, and am known by mine,
according as the Father doth know me, and I know the Father, and my life I lay down for the sheep,
and other sheep I have that are not of this fold, these also it behoveth me to bring, and my voice they will hear, and there shall become one flock -- one shepherd.
but ye do not believe, for ye are not of my sheep,
according as I said to you: My sheep my voice do hear, and I know them, and they follow me,
He saith to him again, a second time, 'Simon, son of Jonas, dost thou love me?' he saith to him, 'Yes, Lord; thou hast known that I dearly love thee;' he saith to him, 'Tend my sheep.'
He saith to him the third time, 'Simon, son of Jonas, dost thou dearly love me?' Peter was grieved that he said to him the third time, 'Dost thou dearly love me?' and he said to him, 'Lord, thou hast known all things; thou dost know that I dearly love thee.' Jesus saith to him, 'Feed my sheep;
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