Study trails
Build a KJV study trail
Place two to six verses in an order you want to study. Read their surrounding chapters before drawing a conclusion about how they relate.
A worked comparison
Feeding the flock: compare care without merging audiences
How does the shepherding image describe responsible care in these passages?
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- Jeremiah 3:15 — Begin with the call to return in verses 12–14. What kind of feeding does the promise describe?
- Jeremiah 23:4 — Read verses 1–4 for the contrast between scattering and gathering. Record what the promised shepherds do.
- Acts 20:28 — Read verses 28–31. Compare the responsibility to care and watch; retain the difference between Paul’s elders and Jeremiah’s audience.
- Jeremiah 3:15 — Return to the first passage. Write one connection and one difference; avoid using the image to give any leader immunity from correction.
Each link is a reading task, not proof that the verses have identical meanings. Read the fuller explanation.