¹¹ “I am^(A) the good shepherd.^(B) The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.^(C)

¹⁵ just as the Father knows me and I know the Father^(A)—and I lay down my life for the sheep.^(B)

⁵¹ He did not say this on his own, but as high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus would die for the Jewish nation, ⁵² and not only for that nation but also for the scattered children of God, to bring them together and make them one.^(A)

¹³ Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.^(A)