John 10:11
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11 (A)“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep.
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John 10:14-15
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14 I am the good shepherd; and (A)I know My sheep, and (B)am known by My own. 15 (C)As the Father knows Me, even so I know the Father; (D)and I lay down My life for the sheep.
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John 15:13
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13 (A)Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.
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Psalm 23:1
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Revelation 7:17
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17 for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne (A)will shepherd them and lead them to [a]living fountains of waters. (B)And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”
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- Revelation 7:17 NU, M fountains of the waters of life
Isaiah 40:11
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11 He will (A)feed His flock like a shepherd;
He will gather the lambs with His arm,
And carry them in His bosom,
And gently lead those who are with young.
1 Peter 2:24-25
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24 (A)who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, (B)that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness—(C)by whose [a]stripes you were healed. 25 For (D)you were like sheep going astray, but have now returned (E)to the Shepherd and [b]Overseer of your souls.
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- 1 Peter 2:24 wounds
- 1 Peter 2:25 Gr. Episkopos
1 John 3:16
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The Outworking of Love
16 (A)By this we know love, (B)because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
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2 Samuel 24:17
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17 Then David spoke to the Lord when he saw the angel who was striking the people, and said, “Surely (A)I have sinned, and I have done wickedly; but these sheep, what have they done? Let Your hand, I pray, be against me and against my father’s house.”
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Hebrews 13:20
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Benediction, Final Exhortation, Farewell
20 Now may (A)the God of peace (B)who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, (C)that great Shepherd of the sheep, (D)through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
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Ezekiel 34:23
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23 I will establish one (A)shepherd over them, and he shall feed them—(B)My servant David. He shall feed them and be their shepherd.
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Ezekiel 37:24
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24 (A)“David My servant shall be king over them, and (B)they shall all have one shepherd; (C)they shall also walk in My judgments and observe My statutes, and do them.
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1 Peter 5:4
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4 and when (A)the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive (B)the crown of glory that does not fade away.
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Titus 2:14
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14 (A)who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed (B)and purify for Himself (C)His own special people, zealous for good works.
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Zechariah 13:7
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The Shepherd Savior
7 “Awake, O sword, against (A)My Shepherd,
Against the Man (B)who is My Companion,”
Says the Lord of hosts.
(C)“Strike the Shepherd,
And the sheep will be scattered;
Then I will turn My hand against (D)the little ones.
John 10:17-18
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17 “Therefore My Father (A)loves Me, (B)because I lay down My life that I may take it again. 18 No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I (C)have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. (D)This command I have received from My Father.”
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Ezekiel 34:11-16
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God, the True Shepherd
11 ‘For thus says the Lord God: “Indeed I Myself will search for My sheep and seek them out. 12 As a (A)shepherd seeks out his flock on the day he is among his scattered sheep, so will I seek out My sheep and deliver them from all the places where they were scattered on (B)a cloudy and dark day. 13 And (C)I will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land; I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, [a]in the valleys and in all the inhabited places of the country. 14 (D)I will feed them in good pasture, and their fold shall be on the high mountains of Israel. (E)There they shall lie down in a good fold and feed in rich pasture on the mountains of Israel. 15 I will feed My flock, and I will make them lie down,” says the Lord God. 16 (F)“I will seek what was lost and bring back what was driven away, bind up the broken and strengthen what was sick; but I will destroy (G)the fat and the strong, and feed them (H)in judgment.”
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- Ezekiel 34:13 Or by the streams
Isaiah 53:6
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6 All we like sheep have gone astray;
We have turned, every one, to his own way;
And the Lord [a]has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
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- Isaiah 53:6 Lit. has caused to land on Him
Psalm 80:1
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Prayer for Israel’s Restoration
To the Chief Musician. (A)Set to [a]“The Lilies.” A [b]Testimony of Asaph. A Psalm.
80 Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel,
(B)You who lead Joseph (C)like a flock;
You who dwell between the cherubim, (D)shine forth!
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- Psalm 80:1 Heb. Shoshannim
- Psalm 80:1 Heb. Eduth
1 Samuel 17:34-35
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34 But David said to Saul, “Your servant used to keep his father’s sheep, and when a (A)lion or a bear came and took a lamb out of the flock, 35 I went out after it and struck it, and delivered the lamb from its mouth; and when it arose against me, I caught it by its beard, and struck and killed it.
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Micah 5:4
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4 And He shall stand and (A)feed[a] His flock
In the strength of the Lord,
In the majesty of the name of the Lord His God;
And they shall abide,
For now He (B)shall be great
To the ends of the earth;
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- Micah 5:4 shepherd
Ephesians 5:2
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2 And (A)walk in love, (B)as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God (C)for a sweet-smelling aroma.
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Genesis 31:39-40
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39 (A)That which was torn by beasts I did not bring to you; I bore the loss of it. (B)You required it from my hand, whether stolen by day or stolen by night. 40 There I was! In the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night, and my sleep departed from my eyes.
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