Zec 11:5-7, 15-17, Mat 9:36, 15:14, Joh 10:10, 12 | ESV | STEP | Those who buy them slaughter them and go unpunished , and those who sell them say , Blessed be the Lord , I have become rich , and their own shepherds have no pity on them.

Zechariah 11:5-7

5 ^aThose who buy them slaughter them and go unpunished, and those who sell them say, ‘Blessed be the Lord, ^bI have become rich,’ and their own shepherds have no pity on them. 6 For ^cI will no longer have pity on the inhabitants of this land, declares the Lord. Behold, I will cause each of them to fall into the hand of his neighbor, and each into the hand of his king, and they shall crush the land, and I will deliver none from their hand.”

7 ^dSo I became the shepherd of the flock doomed to be slaughtered by the sheep traders. And I took two staffs, one I named ^eFavor, the other I named ^fUnion. ^gAnd I tended the sheep.

Zechariah 11:15-17

15 Then the Lord said to me, “Take once more the equipment of ^ha foolish shepherd. 16 For behold, I am raising up in the land a shepherd ⁱwho does not care for those being destroyed, or seek the young or heal the maimed or nourish the healthy, but ^jdevours the flesh of the fat ones, tearing off even their hoofs.

17 ^k“Woe to my worthless shepherd,
^lwho deserts the flock!
May the sword strike his arm
and ^mhis right eye!
Let his arm be wholly withered,
his right eye utterly blinded!”

Matthew 9:36

36 ⁿWhen he saw the crowds, ^ohe had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, ^plike sheep without a shepherd.

Matthew 15:14

14 Let them alone; ^qthey are blind guides. ^{▼▼Some manuscripts add of the blind} And ^sif the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.”

John 10:10

10 The thief comes only to steal and ^tkill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.

John 10:12

12 He who is ^ua hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and ^vleaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and ^wscatters them.