John 10:11

I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for his sheep.

Open English Bible (UK)

In The King James Version

I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.

In Context

10The thief comes only to steal, to kill, and to destroy; I have come so that they may have life, and may have it in greater fullness.

12The hired man who is not a shepherd, and who does not own the sheep, when he sees a wolf coming, leaves them and runs away; then the wolf seizes them, and scatters the flock.

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Cross References

Psalms 23:1The Lord is my shepherd: I am never in need.

Zechariah 13:7Awake, sword, against my shepherd, against the man who stands near to me, says the Lord of hosts. I will strike the shepherd so that the sheep may be scattered, I will turn my hand against the little ones.

Matthew Henry on John 10:2-19

The Good Shepherd. 1 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. 2 But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. 3 To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out. 4 And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice. 5 And a stranger will they not follow, but… Read the whole commentary →

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