John 21:16

Authorized King James Version (1611)

He saith to him again the second time, ‹Simon,› [son] ‹of Jonas, lovest thou me?› He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, ‹Feed my sheep.›

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  • Acts 20:28 : 28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
  • 1 Pet 5:2 : 2 Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight [thereof], not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;
  • Rev 7:17 : 17 For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
  • Heb 13:20 : 20 Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
  • 1 Pet 2:25 : 25 For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.
  • John 18:17 : 17 Then saith the damsel that kept the door unto Peter, Art not thou also [one] of this man's disciples? He saith, I am not.
  • John 18:25 : 25 And Simon Peter stood and warmed himself. They said therefore unto him, Art not thou also [one] of his disciples? He denied [it], and said, I am not.
  • Ps 95:7 : 7 ¶ For he [is] our God; and we [are] the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice,
  • Ps 100:3 : 3 Know ye that the LORD he [is] God: [it is] he [that] hath made us, and not we ourselves; [we are] his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
  • Zech 13:7 : 7 ¶ Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man [that is] my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.
  • Matt 2:6 : 6 And thou Bethlehem, [in] the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel.
  • Matt 25:32 : 32 ‹And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth› [his] ‹sheep from the goats:›
  • Matt 26:72 : 72 And again he denied with an oath, I do not know the man.
  • Luke 15:3-7 : 3 And he spake this parable unto them, saying, 4 ‹What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?› 5 ‹And when he hath found› [it], ‹he layeth› [it] ‹on his shoulders, rejoicing.› 6 ‹And when he cometh home, he calleth together› [his] ‹friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.› 7 ‹I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.›
  • Luke 19:10 : 10 ‹For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.›
  • John 10:11-16 : 11 ‹I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.› 12 ‹But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.› 13 ‹The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.› 14 ‹I am the good shepherd, and know my› [sheep], ‹and am known of mine.› 15 ‹As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.› 16 ‹And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold,› [and] ‹one shepherd.›
  • John 10:26-27 : 26 ‹But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.› 27 ‹My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:›

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