John 10:11-18

11 "¹I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd ²lays down His life for the sheep.

12 "He who is a hired hand, and not a ³shepherd, who is not the owner of the sheep, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them.

13 "He flees because he is a hired hand and is not concerned about the sheep.

14 "⁴I am the good shepherd, and ⁵I know My own and My own know Me,

15 even as ⁶the Father knows Me and I know the Father; and ⁷I lay down My life for the sheep.

16 "I have ⁸other sheep, which are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will hear My voice; and they will become ⁹one flock with ¹⁰one shepherd.

17 "For this reason the Father loves Me, because I ¹¹lay down My life so that I may take it again.

18 "¹²No one has taken it away from Me, but I ¹³lay it down on My own initiative. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. ¹⁴This commandment I received from My Father."

Cross References

• 1. Isaiah 40:11; Ezek 34:11-16, 23; John 10:14; Hebrews 13:20; 1 Peter 5:4; Revelation 7:17
• 2. John 10:15, 17, 18; John 15:13; 1 John 3:16
• 3. John 10:2
• 4. John 10:11
• 5. John 10:27
• 6. Matthew 11:27; Luke 10:22
• 7. John 10:11, 17, 18
• 8. Isaiah 56:8
• 9. John 11:52; John 17:20; Ephesians 2:13-18; 1 Peter 2:25
• 10. Ezekiel 34:23; Ezekiel 37:24
• 11. John 10:11, 15, 18
• 12. Matthew 26:53; John 2:19; John 5:26
• 13. John 10:11, 15, 17
• 14. John 14:31; John 15:10; Philippians 2:8; Hebrews 5:8