John 10:10–18

¹⁰‘The thief doth not come, except that he may steal, and kill, and destroy; I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

¹¹‘I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd his life layeth down for the sheep; ¹²and the hireling, and not being a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, doth behold the wolf coming, and doth leave the sheep, and doth flee; and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep; ¹³and the hireling doth flee because he is an hireling, and is not caring for the sheep.

¹⁴‘I am the good shepherd, and I know my sheep, and am known by mine, ¹⁵according as the Father doth know me, and I know the Father, and my life I lay down for the sheep, ¹⁶and other sheep I have that are not of this fold, these also it behoveth me to bring, and my voice they will hear, and there shall become one flock—one shepherd.

¹⁷‘Because of this doth the Father love me, because I lay down my life, that again I may take it; ¹⁸no one doth take it from me, but I lay it down of myself; authority I have to lay it down, and authority I have again to take it; this command I received from my Father.’