As I live, a statement of the Lord Jehovah, if not because My sheep became a prey, and My sheep became food for all the beasts of the field, from having no shepherds and because My shepherds did not search for My sheep, but the shepherds fed themselves and did not feed the flock,
Woe to the worthless shepherd who abandons the flock! The sword shall be against his arm and against his right eye. Withering His arm shall be withered, and darkening his right eye shall be darkened.
But the hireling, not even being a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, sees the wolf coming and forsakes the sheep and flees. And the wolf seizes them, and scatters the sheep.
Therefore when they broke fast, Jesus says to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me more than these? He says to Him, Yes, Lord, You know that I love You. He says to him, Feed My lambs!
Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit placed you as overseers, to shepherd the assembly of God which He purchased through His own blood.
But there also came to be false prophets among the people, as also among you will be false teachers who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the One having bought them, the Master, bringing swift destruction on themselves.