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11 [a]I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd [b]lays down His [own] life for the sheep.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. John 10:11 The fourth of the memorable “I am” statements. See note 6:35.
  2. John 10:11 A reference to the atoning sacrifice Jesus was going to make to provide the way for sinners to be saved and reconciled with God.

11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd sacrifices his life for the sheep.

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11-13 “I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd puts the sheep before himself, sacrifices himself if necessary. A hired man is not a real shepherd. The sheep mean nothing to him. He sees a wolf come and runs for it, leaving the sheep to be ravaged and scattered by the wolf. He’s only in it for the money. The sheep don’t matter to him.

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

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