Of how much more value then is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath day."
But he answered, "I wasn't sent to anyone but the lost sheep of the house of Israel."
"What do you think? If a man has one hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, doesn't he leave the ninety-nine, go to the mountains, and seek that which has gone astray?
Before him all the nations will be gathered, and he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
He will set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
Then Jesus said to them, "All of you will be made to stumble because of me tonight, for it is written, 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.'
"Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.
But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and scattered, like sheep without a shepherd.
I will surely assemble, Jacob, all of you; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as a flock in the midst of their pasture; they will swarm with people.
The remnant of Jacob will be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the animals of the forest, like a young lion among the flocks of sheep; who, if he goes through, treads down and tears in pieces, and there is no one to deliver.
and above the gate of Ephraim, and by the old gate, and by the fish gate, and the tower of Hananel, and the tower of Hammeah, even to the sheep gate: and they stood still in the gate of the guard.
Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brothers the priests, and they built the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up its doors; even to the tower of Hammeah they sanctified it, to the tower of Hananel.
Between the ascent of the corner and the sheep gate repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants.
Now that which was prepared for one day was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this I didn't demand the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy on this people.
"But you shall not redeem the firstborn of a cow, or the firstborn of a sheep, or the firstborn of a goat. They are holy. You shall sprinkle their blood on the altar, and shall burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a pleasant aroma to the LORD.
Balak sacrificed cattle and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes who were with him.
who may go out before them, and who may come in before them, and who may lead them out, and who may bring them in; that the congregation of the LORD not be as sheep which have no shepherd."
Now the prey, over and above the booty which the men of war took, was six hundred seventy-five thousand sheep,
The half, which was the portion of those who went out to war, was in number three hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep:
and the LORD's tribute of the sheep was six hundred seventy-five.
(now the congregation's half was three hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep,
Build cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which has proceeded out of your mouth."
and Beth Nimrah, and Beth Haran: fortified cities, and folds for sheep.
Know that the LORD, he is God. It is he who has made us, and we are his. We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
I have gone astray like a lost sheep. Seek your servant, for I don't forget your commandments. A Song of Ascents.
Our barns are full, filled with all kinds of provision. Our sheep bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our fields.
You have made us like sheep for food, and have scattered us among the nations.
Yes, for your sake we are killed all day long. We are regarded as sheep for the slaughter.
God, why have you rejected us forever? Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?
But he led forth his own people like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
So we, your people and sheep of your pasture, will give you thanks forever. We will praise you forever, to all generations. For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "The Lilies of the Covenant." A Psalm by Asaph.
All sheep and cattle, yes, and the animals of the field,
for he is our God. We are the people of his pasture, and the sheep in his care. Today, oh that you would hear his voice!
and cinnamon, incense, perfume, frankincense, wine, olive oil, fine flour, wheat, sheep, horses, chariots, and people's bodies and souls.
Even as it is written, "For your sake we are killed all day long. We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter."
If you don't know, most beautiful among women, follow the tracks of the sheep. Graze your young goats beside the shepherds' tents.
But I alone went often to Jerusalem at the feasts, as it was ordained for all the people of Israel by an everlasting decree, bringing the first fruits and tenths of increase, with the first-shorn sheep, and these I gave at the altar to the priests, the children of Aaron.
For the teraphim have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie; and they have told false dreams. They comfort in vain. Therefore they go their way like sheep. They are oppressed, because there is no shepherd.
For, behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, who will not visit those who are cut off, neither will seek those who are scattered, nor heal that which is broken, nor feed that which is sound; but he will eat the flesh of the fat sheep, and will tear their hoofs in pieces.
"Awake, sword, against my shepherd, and against the man who is close to me," says the LORD of Armies. "Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; and I will turn my hand against the little ones.
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