Isa 40:11, Eze 34:14-15, 27, Mat 23:37, Joh 6:50-58 | ESV | STEP | He will tend his flock like a shepherd ; he will gather the lambs in his arms ; he will carry them in his bosom , and gently lead those that are with young .

11 ^aHe will tend his flock like a shepherd;
^bhe will gather the lambs in his arms;
^che will carry them in his bosom,
and gently lead those that are with young.

Ezekiel 34:14-15

14 ^dI will feed them with good pasture, and on the mountain heights of Israel shall be their grazing land. ^eThere they shall lie down in good grazing land, and on rich pasture they shall feed on the mountains of Israel. 15 ^fI myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, ^gand I myself will make them lie down, declares the Lord God.

Ezekiel 34:27

27 ^hAnd the trees of the field shall yield their fruit, and the earth shall yield its increase, ⁱand they shall be secure in their land. And ^jthey shall know that I am the Lord, when ^kI break the bars of their yoke, and ^ldeliver them from the hand of those who enslaved them.

Matthew 23:37

Lament over Jerusalem

37 ^m“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that ⁿkills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have ^ogathered ^pyour children together ^qas a hen gathers her brood ^runder her wings, and ^syou were not willing!

John 6:50-58

50 ^tThis is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it ^uand not die. 51 I am the living bread ^vthat came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I will give ^wfor the life of the world is ^xmy flesh.”

52 The Jews then ^ydisputed among themselves, saying, ^z“How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” 53 So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of ^aathe Son of Man and drink his blood, you ^abhave no life in you. 54 Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood ^achas eternal life, and ^adI will raise him up on the last day. 55 For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. 56 Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood ^aeabides in me, and I in him. 57 As ^afthe living Father ^agsent me, and ^ahI live because of the Father, so whoever feeds on me, he also will live because of me. 58 ^aiThis is the bread that came down from heaven, not like the bread ^{▼▼Greek lacks the bread} the fathers ate, and died. Whoever feeds on this bread will live forever.”