John 10:11

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

Revised King James New Testament

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, and to kill, and to destroy: I have come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

12But he who is a hireling, and not the shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep, and flees: and the wolf attacks them, and scatters the sheep.

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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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