Proverbs 10:21

21The lips of the righteous feed many,
but fools die for alack of sense.

Luke 12:42

42And the Lord said, Who then is bthe faithful and cwise dmanager, whom his master will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the proper time?

John 21:15

Jesus and Peter

15When they had efinished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, fSimon, gson of John, hdo you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him, Feed imy lambs.”

John 21:17

17He said to him the third time, Simon, son of John, do you love me?” Peter was grieved because he said to him jthe third time, “Do you love me?” and he said to him, “Lord, kyou know everything; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, Feed lmy sheep.

Acts 20:28

28 mPay careful attention to yourselves and to all nthe flock, in which othe Holy Spirit has made you poverseers, qto care for rthe church of God,
Some manuscripts  of the Lord
which he tobtained uwith his own blood.
Or  with the blood of his Own

1 Corinthians 2:6

Wisdom from the Spirit

6Yet among wthe mature we do impart wisdom, although it is not xa wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, ywho are doomed to pass away.

1 Corinthians 2:12-13

12Now zwe have received not aathe spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God. 13And we impart this abin words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, acinterpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual.
Or  interpreting spiritual truths in spiritual language, or comparing spiritual things with spiritual


1 Corinthians 3:1-2

Divisions in the Church

1But I, brothers,
Or  brothers and sisters
could not address you as afspiritual people, but as agpeople of the flesh, as ahinfants in Christ.
2 aiI fed you with milk, not solid food, for ajyou were not ready for it. And even now you are not yet ready,
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