^{10 Ref} The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

^{11 Ref} I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.

^{12 Ref} But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.

^{13 Ref} The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.

^{14 Ref} I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.

^{15 Ref} As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.

^{16 Ref} And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.

^{17 Ref} Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.

^{18 Ref} No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.