Scriptures

New American Standard Bible (NASB)

John 10
¹⁰ The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.
¹¹ "I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.
¹² He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, 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 I am the good shepherd, and I know My own and My own know Me,
¹⁵ even as the Father knows Me and I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep.
¹⁶ I have other sheep, which are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will hear My voice; and they will become one flock with one shepherd.
¹⁷ For this reason the Father loves Me, because I lay down My life so that I may take it again.
¹⁸ No one has taken it away from Me, but I lay it down on My own initiative. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This commandment I received from My Father."
¹⁹ A division occurred again among the Jews because of these words.
²⁰ Many of them were saying, "He has a demon and is insane. Why do you listen to Him?"