New American Standard Bible 1995

John 10:11-18

11“1I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd 2lays down His life for the sheep. 12He 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. 13He 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, 15even as 6the Father knows Me and I know the Father; and 7I lay down My life for the sheep. 16I 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. 17For 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.”

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Notes

1. John 10:11 Is 40:11; Ezek 34:11-16, 23; John 10:14; Heb 13:20; 1 Pet 5:4; Rev 7:17 ↩
2. John 10:11 John 10:15, 17, 18; 15:13; 1 John 3:16 ↩
3. John 10:12 John 10:2 ↩
4. John 10:14 John 10:11 ↩
5. John 10:14 John 10:27 ↩
6. John 10:15 Matt 11:27; Luke 10:22 ↩
7. John 10:15 John 10:11, 17, 18 ↩
8. John 10:16 Is 56:8 ↩
9. John 10:16 John 11:52; 17:20f; Eph 2:13-18; 1 Pet 2:25 ↩
10. John 10:16 Ezek 34:23; 37:24 ↩
11. John 10:17 John 10:11, 15, 18 ↩
12. John 10:18 Matt 26:53; John 2:19; 5:26 ↩
13. John 10:18 John 10:11, 15, 17 ↩
14. John 10:18 John 14:31; 15:10; Phil 2:8; Heb 5:8 ↩

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