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Acts 20:28
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Acts 20:28
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28 Be 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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- 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.”
Acts 20:28
New International Version
Acts 20:28
New International Version
28 Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock(A) of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers.(B) Be shepherds of the church of God,[a](C) which he bought(D) with his own blood.[b](E)
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- Acts 20:28 Many manuscripts of the Lord
- Acts 20:28 Or with the blood of his own Son
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