John 10:11–21

¹¹“^aI am the good shepherd; the good shepherd ^blays down His life for the sheep.

¹²“He who is a hired hand, and not a ^ashepherd, 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.

¹³“He flees because he is a hired hand and is not concerned about the sheep.

¹⁴“^aI am the good shepherd, and ^bI know My own and My own know Me,

¹⁵even as ^athe Father knows Me and I know the Father; and ^bI lay down My life for the sheep.

¹⁶“I have ^aother sheep, which are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will hear My voice; and they will become ^bone flock with ^cone shepherd.

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

¹⁸“^aNo one has taken it away from Me, but I ^blay it down on My own initiative. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. ^cThis commandment I received from My Father.”

^19aA division occurred again among the Jews because of these words.

²⁰Many of them were saying, “He ^ahas a demon and ^bis insane. Why do you listen to Him?”

²¹Others were saying, “These are not the sayings of one ^ademon-possessed. ^bA demon cannot open the eyes of the blind, can he?”