What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, does he not leave the other ninety-nine and go seek on the mountains the one that has gone astray?
1 Peter 2:25 - The Text-Critical English New Testament For you were like sheep going astray, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For you were going astray like [so many] sheep, but now you have come back to the Shepherd and Guardian (the Bishop) of your souls. [Isa. 53:5, 6.] American Standard Version (1901) For ye were going astray like sheep; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls. Common English Bible Though you were like straying sheep, you have now returned to the shepherd and guardian of your lives. Catholic Public Domain Version For you were like wandering sheep. But now you have been turned back toward the Pastor and the Bishop of your souls. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For you were as sheep going astray; but you are now converted to the shepherd and bishop of your souls. |
What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, does he not leave the other ninety-nine and go seek on the mountains the one that has gone astray?
When he saw the crowds, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
So keep watch over yourselves and over the entire flock. The Holy Spirit has appointed you as their overseers, to shepherd the church of our Lord and God, which he obtained with his own blood.
Now may the God of peace, who by the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great Shepherd of the sheep,
Therefore, holy brothers, you who share in a heavenly calling, consider Jesus Christ, the apostle and high priest of our confession,
He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and going astray, since he himself is subject to weakness.
who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight people, were saved through water.
And when the chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the unfading crown of glory.