Psalm 23
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Psalm 23
The Good Shepherd
A psalm of David.
1 The Lord is my shepherd;(A)
I have what I need.(B)
2 He lets me lie down in green pastures;(C)
he leads me beside quiet waters.(D)
3 He renews my life;
he leads me along the right paths[a]
for his name’s sake.(E)
4 Even when I go through the darkest valley,[b]
I fear no danger,
for you are with me;(F)
your rod and your staff—they comfort me.(G)
Isaiah 40:11
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11 He protects his flock like a shepherd;(A)
he gathers the lambs in his arms
and carries them in the fold of his garment.
He gently leads those that are nursing.
Ezekiel 34:12
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12 As a shepherd looks for his sheep on the day he is among his scattered flock, so I will look for my flock. I will rescue them from all the places where they have been scattered(A) on a day of clouds and total darkness.
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Ezekiel 34:23
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23 I will establish over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he will shepherd them. He will tend them himself and will be their shepherd.(A)
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Ezekiel 37:24
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24 My servant David will be king over them, and there will be one shepherd for all of them.(A) They will follow my ordinances, and keep my statutes and obey them.(B)
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Zechariah 13:7
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7 Sword, awake against my shepherd,
against the man who is my associate—
this is the declaration of the Lord of Armies.
Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered;(A)
I will turn my hand against the little ones.
John 21:15-17
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Jesus’s Threefold Restoration of Peter
15 When they had eaten breakfast, Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John,[a] do you love me more than these?”
“Yes, Lord,” he said to him, “you know that I love you.”
“Feed my lambs,” he told him. 16 A second time he asked him, “Simon, son of John, do you love(A) me?”(B)
“Yes, Lord,” he said to him, “you know that I love you.”
“Shepherd(C) my sheep,”(D) he told him.
17 He asked him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love(E) me?”
Peter was grieved(F) that he asked him the third time, “Do you love me?” He said, “Lord, you know everything;(G) you know that I love you.”
“Feed(H) my sheep,” Jesus said.
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- 21:15–17 Other mss read “Simon, son of Jonah; Mt 16:17; Jn 1:42
Hebrews 13:20
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Benediction and Farewell
20 Now may the God of peace, who brought up from the dead our Lord Jesus—the great Shepherd of the sheep(A)—through the blood of the everlasting covenant,(B)
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1 Peter 2:25
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25 For you were like sheep going astray,[a](A) but you have now returned to the Shepherd(B) and Overseer[b] of your souls.
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1 Peter 5:4
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4 And when the chief Shepherd(A) appears, you will receive the unfading crown(B) of glory.
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Revelation 7:17
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17 For the Lamb who is at the center of the throne
will shepherd them;(A)
he will guide them to springs of the waters of life,(B)
and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.(C)
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