John 10:11

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

1770 John Worsley NT

In The King James Version

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

In Context

10The thief cometh only to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they may have life, and may have it in perfection.

12But the hireling, that is not the true shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf seizeth them, and disperseth 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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