Jer. 23:2‑4• 2Therefore thus saith Jehovah God of Israel against the pastors that feed my people, Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith Jehovah.
3And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and increase.
4And I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them: and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall they be lacking, saith Jehovah. (Jer. 23:2‑4)
Ezek. 34:11‑31• 11For thus saith the Lord Jehovah; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out.
12As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
13And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country.
14I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.
15I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord Jehovah.
16I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.
17And as for you, Ο my flock, thus saith the Lord Jehovah; Behold, I judge between cattle and cattle, between the rams and the he-goats.
18Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures? and to have drunk of the deep waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet?
19And as for my flock, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet; and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet.
20Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah unto them; Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat cattle, and between the lean cattle.
21Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed all the diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad;
22therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between cattle and cattle.
23And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.
24And I Jehovah will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I Jehovah have spoken it.
25And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.
26And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing.
27And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that I am Jehovah, when I have broken the bands of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that served themselves of them.
28And they shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shall the beast of the land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make them afraid.
29And I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shall no more be consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the shame of the heathen anymore.
30Thus shall they know that I Jehovah their God am with them, and that they, even the house of Israel, are my people, saith the Lord Jehovah.
31And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord Jehovah. (Ezek. 34:11‑31)
Luke 15:4‑6• 4What man of you having a hundred sheep, and if he loses one of them, doth he not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness and go after that which is lost until he find it?
5and having found it, he layeth it upon his own shoulders rejoicing;
6and having come to the house, he calleth together the friends and the neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me, for I have found my lost sheep. (Luke 15:4‑6)
John 10:11‑42• 11I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd layeth down his life for the sheep.
12[But] he that is a hireling, and not a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, beholdeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth, and the wolf snatcheth them, and scattereth;
13and the hireling fleeth because he is a hireling, and no care hath he for the sheep.
14I am the good shepherd, and know mine, and mine know me,
15even as the Father knoweth me, and I know the Father, and my life I lay down for the sheep.
16And other sheep I have which are not of this fold; them also I must lead, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one flock , one shepherd.
17On this account the Father loveth me, because I lay down my life that I may take it again.
18No one taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it again: this commandment I received from my Father.
19There was a division again among the Jews because of these words;
20but many of them said, He hath a demon and is mad: why hear ye him?
21Others said, These are not the sayings of one possessed by a demon: can a demon open blind [men's] eyes?
22Now it was the feast of the dedication at Jerusalem, [and] it was winter;
23and Jesus was walking in the temple in the porch of Solomon.
24The Jews therefore surrounded him, and said to him, How long dost thou hold our soul in suspense? If thou art the Christ, tell us openly.
25Jesus answered, I told you, and ye believe not. The works which I do in the name of my Father, these bear witness of me;
26but ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep.
27My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me;
28and I give them life eternal, and they shall in no wise ever perish, and no one shall seize them out of my hand.
29My Father who hath given me [them] is greater than all; and no one is able to seize out of the hand of my Father.
30I and the Father are one.
31The Jews [therefore] again took up stones, that they might stone him.
32Jesus answered them, Many good works I showed you from the Father: on account of which work of them do ye stone me?
33The Jews answered him, For a good work we stone thee not, but for blasphemy, and because thou, being a man, makest thyself God.
34Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?
35If he called them gods to whom the word of God came (and the scripture cannot be broken),
36say ye of him whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest, because I said, I am Son of God?
37If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not;
38but if I do, even if ye believe not me, believe the works, that ye may perceive and know that the Father [is] in me, and I in the Father.
39They sought therefore again to seize him, and he departed out of their hand.
40And he went away again beyond the Jordan to the place where John was at first baptizing, and abode there.
41And many came unto him and said, John did no sign, but all things whatsoever John said about him were true.
42And many believed on him there. (John 10:11‑42)