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

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.

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.’

‘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.’”

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?