John 10:7-18

7So Jesus said to them again, “Truly, truly, I say to you, I am 1the door of the sheep. 8All who came before Me are 2thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them. 93I am the door; if anyone enters through Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. 10The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they 4may have life, and 5have it abundantly.

11“6I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd 7lays down His life for the sheep. 12He who is a hired hand, and not a 8shepherd, 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. 149I am the good shepherd, and 10I know My own and My own know Me, 15even as 11the Father knows Me and I know the Father; and 12I lay down My life for the sheep. 16I have 13other sheep, which are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will hear My voice; and they will become 14one flock with 15one shepherd. 17For this reason the Father loves Me, because I 16lay down My life so that I may take it again. 1817No one has taken it away from Me, but I 18lay it down on My own initiative. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. 19This commandment I received from My Father.”