Acts 20:28

Tree of Life Version

“Take care of yourselves and all the flock of which the Ruach ha-Kodesh has made you overseers, to shepherd the community of God—which He obtained with the blood of His own.

Cross References

Psalm 74:2

Remember Your congregation, which You purchased of old, redeemed as the tribe of Your inheritance, and Mount Zion, where You dwelt.

Proverbs 10:21

The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of understanding.

Isaiah 40:11

Like a shepherd, He tends His flock. He gathers the lambs in His arms carries them in his bosom, and gently guides nursing ewes.

Isaiah 63:11

Then His people remembered the days of old, the days of Moses: “Where is He who brought them through the sea with the shepherd of His flock? Where is He who put among them His Ruach ha-Kodesh?

Jeremiah 13:17

But if you will not listen, my soul will sob in secret before such pride, and my eyes will weep bitterly and overflow with tears, for Adonai’s flock will be taken captive.

Jeremiah 13:20

Lift up your eyes and see those coming from the north. Where is the flock given to you, Your beautiful sheep?

Jeremiah 3:15

I will give you shepherds after My own heart who will feed you knowledge and understanding.

Jeremiah 31:10

For Adonai has ransomed Jacob. He redeemed him from the hand of one stronger than he.

Ezekiel 34:3

You eat the fat. You clothe yourself with the wool. You kill the fat ones. But you do not take care of the sheep.

Ezekiel 34:31

“So you, My sheep, the sheep of My pasture, you are human, and I am your God.” It is a declaration of Adonai Elohim.

Micah 5:4

This One will be shalom. When Assyria invades our land when he treads on our citadels, then we will raise up against him seven shepherds and eight human princes.

Micah 7:14

Tend Your people with Your staff, the flock of Your inheritance, dwelling alone, in a forest in the midst of a fertile garden. Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.

Zechariah 11:4

Thus said Adonai my God: “Shepherd the flock marked for slaughter!

Matthew 16:18

And I also tell you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My community; and the gates of Sheol will not overpower it.

Matthew 2:6

‘And you, Bethlehem, land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; For out of you shall come a ruler who will shepherd My people Israel.’”

Mark 13:9

“Watch out for yourselves! They will hand you over to the courts, and you will be beaten in the synagogues. You will stand before governors and kings because of Me, as a witness to them.

Luke 12:32

Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father chose to give you the kingdom.

Luke 21:34

“But watch out so your hearts are not weighed down by carousing, strong drink, and the worries of life. Do not let that day come upon you suddenly like a trap.

Acts 13:2

While they were serving the Lord and fasting, the Ruach ha-Kodesh said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”

Acts 14:23

When they had handpicked elders for them in every community, and prayed with fasting, they placed them in the care of the Lord—in whom they had put their trust.

Acts 20:17

From Miletus, dispatching someone to Ephesus, he called for the elders of the community.

Acts 20:29

I know that after my departure, savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock.

Romans 16:16

Greet one another with a holy kiss. All of Messiah’s communities greet you.

1 Corinthians 1:2

To God’s community in Corinth—having been made holy in Messiah Yeshua, called as kedoshim—with all who everywhere call on the name of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah, both theirs and ours:

1 Corinthians 10:32

Give no offense either to Jewish or Greek people or to God’s community—

1 Corinthians 11:22

What! It is certainly not that you do not have houses, is it? Don’t you have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you despise God’s community and try to humiliate those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you? I don’t praise you for this!

1 Corinthians 15:9

For I am the least of the emissaries, unworthy to be called an emissary because I persecuted God’s community.

1 Corinthians 6:20

For you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body.

Galatians 1:13

For you have heard of my earlier behavior in Judaism—how I persecuted God’s community beyond measure and tried to destroy it.

Ephesians 1:14

He is the guarantee of our inheritance, until the redemption of His possession—to His glorious praise!

Ephesians 1:7

In Him we have redemption through His blood—the removal of trespasses—in keeping with the richness of His grace

Ephesians 4:11

He Himself gave some to be emissaries, some as prophets, some as proclaimers of the Good News, and some as shepherds and teachers—

Philippians 1:1

Paul and Timothy, slaves of Messiah Yeshua, To all the kedoshim in Messiah Yeshua who are in Philippi with the overseers and servant-leaders:

Colossians 1:14

In Him we have redemption—the release of sins.

Colossians 4:17

Tell Archippus, “See to it that you complete the service you have received in the Lord, that you may fulfill it.”

1 Timothy 3:1

Trustworthy is the saying: “If any man aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a good work.”

1 Timothy 3:2

An overseer, then, must be beyond criticism—the husband of one wife, clear-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

1 Timothy 3:5

(But if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for God’s community?)

1 Timothy 4:14

Do not neglect the spiritual gift within you, which was given to you through prophecy with the laying on of hands of the elders.

1 Timothy 4:16

Give attention to yourself and your teaching. Persevere in these things, for in doing so you will save yourself and those who hear you.

1 Timothy 5:17

The elders who lead well are worthy of honor and honorarium—especially those who work hard in the word and teaching.

Titus 1:7

For the overseer must be blameless as God’s administrator—not arrogant, not quick-tempered, not addicted to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain.

Titus 2:14

He gave Himself for us so that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and so that He might purify for Himself a chosen people, zealous for good deeds.

Hebrews 12:15

See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God; and see to it that no bitter root springs up and causes trouble, and by it many be defiled.

Hebrews 13:17

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls as ones who must give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no benefit to you.

1 Peter 2:25

For you like sheep were going astray, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Guardian of your souls.

1 Peter 2:9

But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the praises of the One who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.

1 John 1:7

But if we walk in the light as He Himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another and the blood of His Son Yeshua purifies us from all sin.

Revelation 5:9

And they are singing a new song, saying, “You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals. For You were slain, and by Your blood You redeemed for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.