John 10:10–18
10The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.↗
11“I am the good shepherd.The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.↗
12He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who doesn’t own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, leaves the sheep, and flees. The wolf snatches the sheep and scatters them.↗
13The hired hand flees because he is a hired hand and doesn’t care for the sheep.↗
14I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and I’m known by my own;↗
15even as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. I lay down my life for the sheep.↗
16I have other sheep which are not of this fold.I must bring them also, and they will hear my voice. They will become one flock with one shepherd.↗
17Therefore the Father loves me, because I lay down my life,that I may take it again.↗
18No one takes it away from me, but I lay it down by myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. I received this commandment from my Father.”↗
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