Gen 33:13, Isa 42:3, Eze 34:16, Joh 21:15-17, 1Cor 3:1-2 | ESV | STEP | But Jacob said to him, My lord knows that the children are frail , and that the nursing flocks and herds are a care to me. If they are driven hard for one day , all the flocks will die .

m[See ver. 15 above]

n[ch. 13:38]

oSee ch. 2:25

p ver. 16

r ch. 2:15; Rom. 7:14

s[ch. 2:14]

t Heb. 5:13; [ch. 2:6]

u Heb. 5:12, 13; 1 Pet. 2:2

v John 16:12

Genesis 33:13

13 But Jacob said to him, “My lord knows that the children are frail, and that the nursing flocks and herds are a care to me. If they are driven hard for one day, all the flocks will die.

Isaiah 42:3

3 ^aa bruised reed he will not break,
and a faintly burning wick he will not quench;
^bhe will faithfully bring forth justice.

Ezekiel 34:16

16 ^cI will seek the lost, ^dand I will bring back the strayed, and I will bind up the injured, and I will strengthen the weak, and ^ethe fat and the strong I will destroy. ^{▼▼Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate I will watch over} I will feed them in justice.

John 21:15-17

Jesus and Peter

15 When they had ^gfinished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, ^h“Simon, ⁱson of John, ^jdo you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him, “Feed ^kmy lambs.” 16 He said to him a second time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him, ^l“Tend ^mmy sheep.” 17 He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” Peter was grieved because he said to him ⁿthe third time, “Do you love me?” and he said to him, “Lord, ^oyou know everything; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed ^pmy sheep.

1 Corinthians 3:1-2

Divisions in the Church

1 But I, brothers, ^{▼▼Or brothers and sisters} could not address you as ^rspiritual people, but as ^speople of the flesh, as ^tinfants in Christ. 2 ^uI fed you with milk, not solid food, for ^vyou were not ready for it. And even now you are not yet ready,