Acts 20:26-28

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²⁶So today I can tell you one thing that I am sure of: God will not blame me if some of you are not saved. ²⁷I can say this because I know that I told you everything that God wants you to know. ²⁸Be careful for yourselves and for all the people God has given you. The Holy Spirit gave you the work of caring for^[a] this flock.^[b] You must be shepherds to the church of God,^[c] the people he bought with his own blood.^[d]

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Footnotes

Acts 20:28 gave … caring for Literally, “made you overseers of.”
Acts 20:28 flock A flock is many sheep. Here, it means a group of God’s people who follow their leaders (elders) like sheep following a shepherd.
Acts 20:28 of God Some Greek copies say, “of the Lord.”
Acts 20:28 his own blood Or “the blood of his own Son.”