¹¹“I am the good shepherd.^c The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.^d ¹²The hired hand, since he is not the shepherd and doesn’t own the sheep, leaves them^C and runs away when he sees a wolf^e coming. The wolf then snatches and scatters them. ¹³This happens because he is a hired hand and doesn’t 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.^f I lay down my life^g for the sheep. ¹⁶But I have other sheep^h that are not from this sheep pen; I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. Then there will be one flock, one shepherd.ⁱ ¹⁷This is why the Father loves me,^j because I lay down my life^k so that I may take it up again. ¹⁸No one takes it from me, but I lay it down on my own. I have the right to lay it down, and I have the right to take it up again. I have received this command from my Father.”^l

¹⁹Again the Jews were divided^m because of these words. ²⁰Many of them were saying, “He has a demonⁿ and he’s crazy. Why do you listen to him?” ²¹Others were saying, “These aren’t the words of someone who is demon-possessed. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”^o

Read in Logos

John 10:11: I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

Footnotes

C leaves the sheep

Cross references

c Ps 23; Is 40:11; Ezk 34:12,23; 37:24; Zch 13:7; Jn 21:15–17; Heb 13:20; 1Pt 2:25; 5:4; Rv 7:17
d Mt 20:28; Mk 10:45; 2Co 5:21; Gl 3:13; 1Jn 3:16
e Lk 10:3
f Mt 11:27; Lk 10:22
g Mt 20:28
h Is 56:8; Ezk 34:11–13; Mt 8:11,12; Jn 12:32; Ac 10:34–35; 1Pt 2:25
i Ezk 34:23; 37:24; Jn 11:52; 17:11,20–22; Eph 2:11–19
j Jn 3:35; 5:20
k 1Jn 3:16
l Jn 5:19
m Jn 7:43; 9:16
n Jn 7:20; 8:48; Rv 9:20; 18:2
o Ex 4:11; Ps 146:8; Jn 9:32–33