Jer 23:1-2, 50:6, Eze 34:5-6, 12, Joe 3:2, Mat 9:36-38, Luk 15:4-6 | ESV | STEP | Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture ! declares the Lord .

1 ^a“Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture!” declares the Lord. 2 Therefore thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning ^bthe shepherds who care for my people: “You have scattered my flock and have driven them away, and you have not attended to them. ^cBehold, I will attend to you for your evil deeds, declares the Lord.

Jeremiah 50:6

6 ^d“My people have been lost sheep. ^eTheir shepherds have led them astray, turning them away on the mountains. From mountain to hill they have gone. They have forgotten their fold.

Ezekiel 34:5-6

5 ^fSo they were scattered, because there was no shepherd, and ^gthey became food for all the wild beasts. My sheep were scattered; 6 they wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill. My sheep were scattered over all the face of the earth, ^hwith none to search or seek for them.

Ezekiel 34:12

12 As a shepherd seeks out his flock when he is among his sheep that have been scattered, so will I seek out my sheep, and I will rescue them from all places where they have been scattered on ⁱa day of clouds and ^jthick darkness.

Joel 3:2

2 ^kI will gather all the nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. And ^lI will enter into judgment with them there, on behalf of my people and my heritage Israel, because they have scattered them among the nations and have divided up my land,

Matthew 9:36-38

36 ^mWhen he saw the crowds, ⁿhe had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, ^olike sheep without a shepherd. 37 ^pThen he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; 38 therefore ^qpray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to ^rsend out laborers into his harvest.”

Luke 15:4-6

4 ^s“What man of you, having a hundred sheep, ^tif he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine ^uin the open country, and ^vgo after the one that is lost, until he finds it? 5 And when he has found it, ^whe lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 6 And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for ^xI have found my sheep that was lost.’