17 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

• Shepherd

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• 1Kgs 22:17 — And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, as sheep that have not a shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master: let them return every man to his house in peace.
• 1Kgs 22:17 — And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, as sheep that have not a shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master: let them return every man to his house in peace.
• 1Pet 2:25 — For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.
• 2Chr 18:16 — Then he said, I did see all Israel scattered upon the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master; let them return therefore every man to his house in peace.
• 2Chr 18:16 — Then he said, I did see all Israel scattered upon the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master; let them return therefore every man to his house in peace.
• Amos 8:11 — Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD:
• Ezek 34:3 — Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: but ye feed not the flock.
• Ezek 34:4 — The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither hav
• Ezek 34:5 — And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.
• Heb 4:15 — For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
• Heb 5:2 — Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity.
• Isa 51:18 — There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she hath brought forth; neither is there any that taketh her by the hand of all the sons that she hath brought up.
• Isa 56:9 — All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, yea, all ye beasts in the forest.
• Jer 23:1 — Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the LORD.
• Jer 50:6 — My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their restingplace
• Jer 50:6 — My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their restingplace
• Luke 6:13 — And when it was day, he called unto him his disciples: and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles;
• Luke 10:2 — Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.
• Mark 1:41 — And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth his hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou clean.
• Mark 6:34 — And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd: and he began to teach them many things.
• Mark 6:34 — And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd: and he began to teach them many things.
• Mark 8:2 — I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat:
• Matt 10:6 — But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
• Matt 14:14 — And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick.
• Matt 14:14 — And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick.
• Matt 15:24 — But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
• Matt 15:32 — Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, le
• Matt 15:32 — Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, le
• Matt 20:34 — So Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him.
• Num 27:17 — Which may go out before them, and which may go in before them, and which may lead them out, and which may bring them in; that the congregation of the LORD be not as sheep which have no shepherd.
• Num 27:17 — Which may go out before them, and which may go in before them, and which may lead them out, and which may bring them in; that the congregation of the LORD be not as sheep which have no shepherd.
• Prov 29:18 — Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.
• Zech 10:2 — For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was no
• Zech 10:2 — For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was no
• Zech 11:16 — For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, which shall not visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor heal that that is broken, nor feed that that standeth still: but he
• Zech 13:7 — Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little one