The doorkeeper opens the door for him, and the sheep hear his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

Go instead to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

How much more valuable is a person than a sheep! So it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.”

He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.

The one who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

Because he is a hired hand and is not concerned about the sheep, he runs away.

But you refuse to believe because you are not my sheep.

The hired hand, who is not a shepherd and does not own sheep, sees the wolf coming and abandons the sheep and runs away. So the wolf attacks the sheep and scatters them.

“Watch out for false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are voracious wolves.

So he answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”

He found in the temple courts those who were selling oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers sitting at tables.

So Jesus said to them again, “I tell you the solemn truth, I am the door for the sheep.

All who came before me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.

My sheep listen to my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.

As it is written, “For your sake we encounter death all day long; we were considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”

For you were going astray like sheep but now you have turned back to the shepherd and guardian of your souls.

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

“I am sending you out like sheep surrounded by wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.

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

As Jesus came ashore he saw the large crowd and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he taught them many things.