'Sheep' in the Bible

When He saw the crowds, He felt compassion for them, because they were weary and worn out, like sheep without a shepherd.

Instead, go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

“Look, I’m sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as serpents and as harmless as doves.

But He said to them, “What man among you, if he had a sheep that fell into a pit on the Sabbath, wouldn’t take hold of it and lift it out?

A man is worth far more than a sheep, so it is lawful to do what is good on the Sabbath.”

He replied, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”

What do you think? If a man has 100 sheep, and one of them goes astray, won’t he leave the 99 on the hillside and go and search for the stray?

And if he finds it, I assure you: He rejoices over that sheep more than over the 99 that did not go astray.

All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, just as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

He will put the sheep on His right and the goats on the left.

Then Jesus said to them, “Tonight all of you will run away because of Me, for it is written:I will strike the shepherd,and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.