'Sheep' in the Bible
And He found in the Temple the dealers in cattle and sheep and in pigeons, and the money-changers sitting there.
So He plaited a whip of rushes, and drove all--both sheep and bullocks--out of the Temple. The small coin of the brokers He upset on the ground and overturned their tables.
But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
To him the porter opens the door, and the sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own sheep by their names and leads them out.
When he has brought out his own sheep--all of them--he walks at the head of them; and the sheep follow him, because they know his voice.
Again therefore Jesus said to them, "In most solemn truth I tell you that I am the Door of the sheep.
All who have come before me are thieves and robbers; but the sheep would not listen to them.
"I am the Good Shepherd. A good shepherd lays down his very life for the sheep.
The hired servant--one who is not a shepherd and does not own the sheep--no sooner sees the wolf coming than he leaves the sheep and runs away; and the wolf worries and scatters them.
For he is only a hired servant and cares nothing for the sheep.
"I am the Good Shepherd. And I know my sheep and my sheep know me,
just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I am laying down my life for the sheep.
I have also other sheep--which do not belong to this fold. Those also I must bring, and they will listen to my voice; and they shall become one flock under one Shepherd.
My sheep listen to my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
Again a second time He asked him, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" "Yes, Master," he said, "you know that you are dear to me." "Then be a shepherd to my sheep," He said.
A third time Jesus put the question: "Simon, son of John, am I dear to you?" It grieved Peter that Jesus asked him the third time, "Am I dear to you?" "Master," he replied, "you know everything, you can see that you are dear to me." "Then feed my much-loved sheep," said Jesus.