John 10:15
even as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. I lay down my life for the sheep.
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.
In Context
14I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and my own know me;
Cross References
Isaiah 53:4Surely he has borne our sufferings,and carried our sorrows;yet we considered him plagued,struck by God, and afflicted.
Isaiah 53:10Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him.He has caused him to suffer.When you make his soul an offering for sin,he shall see his offspring.He shall prolong his days,and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.
Zechariah 13:7"Awake, sword, against my shepherd,and against the man who is close to me," says the Lord of hosts."Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered;and I will turn my hand against the little ones.
Matthew 20:28even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."
John 1:18No one has seen God at any time. The one and only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him.
John 8:55You have not known him, but I know him. If I said, 'I do not know him,' I would be like you, a liar. But I know him, and keep his word.
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 →