Joh 10:14-16, 26-28, Act 20:28-29, 1Pe 2:9, 25, 5:2-4 | ESV | STEP | I am the good shepherd . I know my own and my own know me ,

14 ^aI am the good shepherd. ^bI know my own and ^cmy own know me, 15 ^djust as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and ^eI lay down my life for the sheep. 16 And ^fI have other sheep that are not of this fold. ^gI must bring them also, and ^hthey will listen to my voice. So there will be ⁱone flock, ^jone shepherd.

John 10:26-28

26 but ^kyou do not believe because you are not among my sheep. 27 ^lMy sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. 28 ^mI give them eternal life, and ⁿthey will never perish, and ^ono one will snatch them out of my hand.

Acts 20:28-29

28 ^pPay careful attention to yourselves and to all ^qthe flock, in which ^rthe Holy Spirit has made you ^soverseers, ^tto care for ^uthe church of God, ^{▼▼Some manuscripts of the Lord} which he ^wobtained ^xwith his own blood. ^{▼▼Or with the blood of his Own} 29 I ^zknow that after my departure ^aafierce wolves will come in among you, ^abnot sparing the flock;

1 Peter 2:9

9 But you are ^aca chosen race, ^ada royal ^aepriesthood, ^afa holy nation, ^aga people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you ^ahout of darkness into ^aihis marvelous light.

1 Peter 2:25

25 For ^ajyou were straying like sheep, but have now returned to ^akthe Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

1 Peter 5:2-4

2 ^alshepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight, ^{▼▼Some manuscripts omit exercising oversight} ^annot under compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; ^{▼▼Some manuscripts omit as God would have you} ^apnot for shameful gain, but eagerly; 3 not ^aqdomineering over those in your charge, but ^arbeing examples to the flock. 4 And when ^asthe chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the ^atunfading ^aucrown of glory.