15 As the Father [a]knoweth me, so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for my sheep.

16 [b]Other sheep I have also, which are not of this fold: them also must I bring, and they shall hear my voice: and (A)there shall be [c]one sheepfold, and one shepherd.

17 [d]Therefore doth my Father love me, because (B)[e]I lay down my life, that I might take it again.

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Footnotes

  1. John 10:15 Loveth me, alloweth me.
  2. John 10:16 The calling of the Gentiles.
  3. John 10:16 The certain mark of the Catholic Church throughout all the world, which hath one head, that is Christ, the only keeper and only shepherd of it.
  4. John 10:17 Christ is by the decree of the Father, the only true shepherd of the true Church, for he willingly gave his life for his sheep, and by his own power rose again to life.
  5. John 10:17 He speaketh in the time that now is because Christ’s whole life was as it were a perpetual death.

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