Zec 11:16, Mat 12:20, 14:31, 18:6, 10, Luk 17:2, 1Cor 3:1-2, 8:7-13, 9:22 | ESV | STEP | For behold , I am raising up in the land a shepherd who does not care for those being destroyed , or seek the young or heal the maimed or nourish the healthy , but devours the flesh of the fat ones , tearing off even their hoofs .

Zechariah 11:16

16 For behold, I am raising up in the land a shepherd ^awho does not care for those being destroyed, or seek the young or heal the maimed or nourish the healthy, but ^bdevours the flesh of the fat ones, tearing off even their hoofs.

Matthew 12:20

20 a bruised reed he will not break,
and a smoldering wick he will not quench,
until he brings justice to victory;

Matthew 14:31

31 Jesus immediately reached out his hand and took hold of him, saying to him, ^c“O you of little faith, why did you ^ddoubt?”

Matthew 18:6

6 but ^ewhoever causes one of these ^flittle ones who believe in me to sin, ^{▼▼Greek causes . . . to stumble; also verses 8, 9} it would be better for him to have a great millstone fastened around his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea.

Matthew 18:10

The Parable of the Lost Sheep

10 “See that you do not despise ^hone of these little ones. For I tell you that in heaven ⁱtheir angels always ^jsee the face of my Father who is in heaven. ^{▼▼Some manuscripts add verse 11: For the Son of Man came to save the lost}

Luke 17:2

2 ^lIt would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were cast into the sea than that he should cause one of these little ones to sin. ^{▼▼Greek stumble}

1 Corinthians 3:1-2

Divisions in the Church

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

1 Corinthians 8:7-13

7 However, not all possess this knowledge. But some, ^tthrough former association with idols, eat food as really offered to an idol, and ^utheir conscience, being weak, is defiled. 8 ^vFood will not commend us to God. We are no worse off if we do not eat, and no better off if we do. 9 But take care ^wthat this right of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block ^xto the weak. 10 For if anyone sees you who have knowledge eating ^{▼▼Greek reclining at table} in an idol’s temple, will he not be encouraged, ^{▼▼Or fortified; Greek built up} if his conscience is weak, to eat food offered to idols? 11 And so by your knowledge this weak person is ^aadestroyed, the brother for whom Christ died. 12 Thus, sinning against your brothers ^{▼▼Or brothers and sisters} and ^acwounding their conscience when it is weak, ^adyou sin against Christ. 13 Therefore, ^aeif food makes my brother stumble, I will never eat meat, lest I make my brother stumble.

1 Corinthians 9:22

22 ^afTo the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. ^agI have become all things to all people, that ^ahby all means I might save some.