Matthew 9:36

9:36 When ¹  he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them because they were bewildered and helpless, ²  like sheep without a shepherd.

Matthew 25:32

25:32 All ³  the nations will be assembled before him, and he will separate people one from another like a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

Matthew 26:31

The Prediction of Peter’s Denial

26:31 Then Jesus said to them, “This night you will all fall away because of me, for it is written:

‘I will strike the shepherd,

and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’ ⁴ 

Matthew 2:6

2:6 ‘And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,

are in no way least among the rulers of Judah,

for out of you will come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.’” ⁵ 

Matthew 18:12

18:12 What do you think? If someone ⁶  owns a hundred ⁷  sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go look for the one that went astray? ⁸ 

[9:36]  ¹ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[9:36]  ² tn Or “because they had been bewildered and helpless.” The translational issue is whether the perfect participles are predicate (as in the text) or are pluperfect periphrastic (the alternate translation). If the latter, the implication would seem to be that the crowds had been in such a state until the Great Shepherd arrived.

[25:32]  ³ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

[26:31]  ⁵ sn A quotation from Zech 13:7.

[2:6]  ⁷ sn A quotation from Mic 5:2.

[18:12]  ⁹ tn Grk “a certain man.” The Greek word ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") is used here in a somewhat generic sense.

[18:12]  ¹⁰ sn This individual with a hundred sheep is a shepherd of modest means, as flocks often had up to two hundred head of sheep.

[18:12]  ¹¹ sn Look for the one that went astray. The parable pictures God’s pursuit of the sinner. On the image of Jesus as the Good Shepherd, see John 10:1-18.