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.

“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.”

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.

He said to them, “Would not any one of you, if he had one sheep that fell into a pit on the Sabbath, take hold of it and lift it out?

What do you think? If someone owns a hundred 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?

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.’