John 10:11-18

11“I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.

12The hired worker is not the shepherd, and the sheep are not his own. He sees the wolf coming and abandons the sheep and flees. Then the wolf snatches and scatters the sheep.

13The man is only a hired hand and does not care about the sheep.

14“I am the Good Shepherd. I know My own and My own know Me,

15just as the Father knows Me and I know the Father. And I lay down My life for the sheep.

16I have other sheep that are not from this fold; those also I must lead, and they will listen to My voice. So there shall be one flock, one Shepherd.

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

18No one takes it away from Me, but I lay it down on My own. I have the authority to lay it down, and I have the authority to take it up again. This command I received from My Father.”