"[Is] not My word like a fire?" says the LORD, "And like a hammer [that] breaks the rock in pieces?

But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, "Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

Now when they heard [this,] they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Men [and] brethren, what shall we do?"

For the weapons of our warfare [are] not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds,

For the word of God [is] living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

Jesus answered and said to him, "Are you the teacher of Israel, and do not know these things?

But his bow remained in strength, And the arms of his hands were made strong By the hands of the Mighty [God] of Jacob (From there [is] the Shepherd, the Stone of Israel),

A Psalm of David. The LORD [is] my shepherd; I shall not want.

To the Chief Musician. Set to "The Lillies." A Testimony of Asaph. A Psalm. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, You who lead Joseph like a flock; You who dwell [between] the cherubim, shine forth!

He will feed His flock like a shepherd; He will gather the lambs with His arm, And carry [them] in His bosom, [And] gently lead those who are with young.

"I will establish one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them -- My servant David. He shall feed them and be their shepherd.

"I am the good shepherd; and I know My [sheep,] and am known by My own.

Now may the God of peace who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,

and when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that does not fade away.