John 10:10-20

10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy: I have come that they may have Life, and may have it in abundance.

11 "I am the Good Shepherd. A good shepherd lays down his very life for the sheep.

12 The hired servant--one who is not a shepherd and does not own the sheep--no sooner sees the wolf coming than he leaves the sheep and runs away; and the wolf worries and scatters them.

13 For he is only a hired servant and cares nothing for the sheep.

14 "I am the Good Shepherd. And I know my sheep and my sheep know me,

15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I am laying down my life for the sheep.

16 I have also other sheep--which do not belong to this fold. Those also I must bring, and they will listen to my voice; and they shall become one flock under one Shepherd.

17 For this reason my Father loves me, because I am laying down my life in order to receive it back again.

18 No one is taking it away from me, but I myself am laying it down. I am authorized to lay it down, and I am authorized to receive it back again. This is the command I received from my Father."

19 Again there arose a division among the Jews because of these words.

20 Many of them said, "He is possessed by a demon and is mad. Why do you listen to him?"