John 10:11-21

Christian Standard Bible

¹¹ “I am the good shepherd.^(A) The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.^{(B) 12} The hired hand, since he is not the shepherd and doesn’t own the sheep, leaves them^[a] and runs away when he sees a wolf^(C) coming. The wolf then snatches and scatters them. ¹³ This happens because he is a hired hand and doesn’t care about the sheep.

¹⁴ “I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and my own know me, ¹⁵ just as the Father knows me, and I know the Father.^(D) I lay down my life^(E) for the sheep. ¹⁶ But I have other sheep^(F) that are not from this sheep pen; I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. Then there will be one flock, one shepherd.^{(G) 17} This is why the Father loves me,^(H) because I lay down my life^(I) so that I may take it up again. ¹⁸ No one takes it from me, but I lay it down on my own. I have the right to lay it down, and I have the right to take it up again. I have received this command from my Father.”^(J)

¹⁹ Again the Jews were divided^(K) because of these words. ²⁰ Many of them were saying, “He has a demon^(L) and he’s crazy. Why do you listen to him?” ²¹ Others were saying, “These aren’t the words of someone who is demon-possessed. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?” ^(M)