The Lord Jehovah has given to Me the tongue of learned ones, to know to help the weary with a word. He arouses in the morning; He wakens the ear to Me, to hear as the learned ones.
And I will raise up shepherds over them who will feed them. And they will fear no more, and not be terrified; and not will they be missing anything, a statement of Jehovah.
And He said to them, Because of this, every scribe schooled to the kingdom of Heaven is like a man, a master of a house, who puts forth out of his treasure new and old.
But evening having come, the Lord of the vineyard said to his overseer, Call the workers and pay them the wage, beginning from the last ones to the first ones.
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 if I delay, that you may know how to conduct oneself in the house of God, which is the assembly of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.
(It is right for the overseer to be blameless as a steward of God) not self-pleasing, not prone to anger, not given to wine, not a quarreler, not greedy of ill gain;
Yield to the ones taking the lead of you, and submit, for they watch for your souls, giving an account, that they may do this with joy, and not with groaning; for this would be unprofitable to you.