John 10:8-18

New American Standard Bible

⁸All those who came before Me are ^(A)thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. ⁹^(B)I am the door; if anyone enters through Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. ¹⁰The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came so that they ^(C)would have life, and ^[a]have it abundantly.

¹¹“^(D)I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd ^(E)lays down His life for the sheep. ¹²He who is a hired hand, and not a ^(F)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 the flock. ¹³He flees because he is a hired hand and does not care about the sheep. ¹⁴^(G)I am the good shepherd, and ^(H)I know My own, and My own know Me, ¹⁵just as ^(I)the Father knows Me and I know the Father; and ^(J)I lay down My life for the sheep. ¹⁶And I have ^(K)other sheep that are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will listen to My voice; and they will become ^(L)one flock, with ^(M)one shepherd. ¹⁷For this reason the Father loves Me, because I ^(N)lay down My life so that I may take it back. ¹⁸^(O)No one has taken it away from Me, but I ^(P)lay it down on My own. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it back. ^(Q)This commandment I received from My Father.”