22 Bibelverse über Schafe

In the Bible, sheep often stand for people. God’s people are “the sheep of his pasture” (Psalm 100:3), the Lord is their shepherd (Psalm 23:1), and people who go their own way are sheep that “have gone astray” (Isaiah 53:6). In the New Testament Jesus calls himself the good shepherd who lays down his life for the sheep (John 10:11), John the Baptist calls him “the Lamb of God” (John 1:29), and the apostles hand the work of shepherding to…