Micah 5:4
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4 And he shall stand and feed his flock in the strength of the Lord,
in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God.
And they shall live secure, for now he shall be great
to the ends of the earth,(A)
Isaiah 40:10-11
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10 See, the Lord God comes with might,
and his arm rules for him;
his reward is with him
and his recompense before him.(A)
11 He will feed his flock like a shepherd;
he will gather the lambs in his arms
and carry them in his bosom
and gently lead the mother sheep.(B)
Micah 7:14
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14 Shepherd your people with your staff,
the flock that belongs to you,
which lives alone in a forest
in the midst of a garden land;
let them feed in Bashan and Gilead
as in the days of old.
Luke 1:32
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32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give to him the throne of his ancestor David.(A)
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Revelation 11:15
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The Seventh Trumpet
15 Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying,
“The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord
and of his Messiah,[a]
and he will reign forever and ever.”(A)
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- 11.15 Gk Christ
1 Peter 1:5
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5 who are being protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.(A)
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Psalm 23:1-2
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Psalm 23
The Divine Shepherd
A Psalm of David.
1 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.(A)
2 He makes me lie down in green pastures;
he leads me beside still waters;[a](B)
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- 23.2 Heb waters of rest
Revelation 1:13-18
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13 and in the midst of the lampstands I saw one like the Son of Man, clothed with a long robe and with a golden sash across his chest.(A) 14 His head and his hair were white as white wool, white as snow; his eyes were like a flame of fire;(B) 15 his feet were like burnished bronze, refined as in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of many waters.(C) 16 In his right hand he held seven stars, and from his mouth came a sharp, two-edged sword, and his face was like the sun shining with full force.(D)
17 When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he placed his right hand on me, saying, “Do not be afraid; I am the First and the Last(E) 18 and the Living One. I was dead, and see, I am alive forever and ever, and I have the keys of Death and of Hades.(F)
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Ephesians 1:3
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Spiritual Blessings in Christ
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places,[a](A)
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- 1.3 Gk heavenlies
John 20:17
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17 Jesus said to her, “Do not touch me, because I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’ ”(A)
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John 14:9-11
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9 Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you all this time, Philip, and you still do not know me? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?(A) 10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own, but the Father who dwells in me does his works.(B) 11 Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me, but if you do not, then believe[a] because of the works themselves.(C)
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- 14.11 Other ancient authorities add me
John 10:38
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38 But if I do them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works, so that you may know and understand[a] that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.”(A)
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- 10.38 Other ancient authorities lack and understand; others read and believe
John 10:27-30
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27 My sheep hear my voice. I know them, and they follow me.(A) 28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one will snatch them out of my hand.(B) 29 My Father, in regard to what he has given me, is greater than all,[a] and no one can snatch them out of the Father’s hand.(C) 30 The Father and I are one.”
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- 10.29 Other ancient authorities read What my Father has given me is greater than all else or My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all
Matthew 25:31
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The Judgment of the Nations
31 “When the Son of Man comes in his glory and all the angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory.(A)
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Matthew 16:18
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18 And I tell you, you are Peter,[a] and on this rock[b] I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.(A)
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Matthew 2:6
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6 ‘And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,
are by no means least among the rulers of Judah,
for from you shall come a ruler
who is to shepherd[a] my people Israel.’ ”(A)
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- 2.6 Or rule
Zechariah 9:10
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10 He[a] will cut off the chariot from Ephraim
and the war horse from Jerusalem;
and the battle bow shall be cut off,
and he shall command peace to the nations;
his dominion shall be from sea to sea
and from the River to the ends of the earth.(A)
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- 9.10 Gk: Heb I
Ezekiel 34:22-24
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22 I will save my flock, and they shall no longer be ravaged, and I will judge between sheep and sheep.
23 I will set up over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he shall feed them; he shall feed them and be their shepherd.(A) 24 And I the Lord will be their God, and my servant David shall be prince among them; I the Lord have spoken.(B)
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Ezekiel 34:13-15
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13 I will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries and bring them into their own land, and I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, by the watercourses, and in all the inhabited parts of the land.(A) 14 I will feed them with good pasture, and the mountain heights of Israel shall be their pasture; there they shall lie down in good grazing land, and they shall feed on rich pasture on the mountains of Israel.(B) 15 I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I will make them lie down, says the Lord God.
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Isaiah 52:13
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The Suffering Servant
13 See, my servant shall prosper;
he shall be exalted and lifted up
and shall be very high.(A)
Isaiah 49:5
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5 And now the Lord says,
who formed me in the womb to be his servant,
to bring Jacob back to him,
and that Israel might be gathered to him,
for I am honored in the sight of the Lord,
and my God has become my strength—(A)
Psalm 145:12
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Psalm 98:3
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3 He has remembered his steadfast love and faithfulness
to the house of Israel.
All the ends of the earth have seen
the victory of our God.(A)
Psalm 93:1
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Psalm 93
The Majesty of God’s Rule
1 The Lord is king; he is robed in majesty;
the Lord is robed; he is girded with strength.
He has established the world; it shall never be moved;(A)
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