Book of Common Prayer

¹³ In accordance with faith, these^[a] all died not having received the promises, but having seen them from a distance, and having greeted them, and having confessed that they are strangers and pilgrims^[b] on the earth. ¹⁴ For the ones saying such things are making-clear that they are seeking-for a homeland. ¹⁵ And if they had been remembering that homeland from which they came out, they would have had opportunity to return— ¹⁶ but as-it-is, they are aspiring-to a better homeland; that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed-of them, to be called their God. For He prepared a city for them. ¹⁷ By faith Abraham has offered Isaac while being tested. And the one having received the promises was offering his only-born^[c], ¹⁸ with-regard-to whom^[d] it was said [in Gen 21:12] that “In Isaac a seed will be called for you”, ¹⁹ having considered^[e] that God was able to raise him even from the dead, from-which^[f] he also received him back in a symbol^[g]. ²⁰ By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau even concerning coming things. ²¹ By faith Jacob, while dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph and “worshiped [leaning] on the top of his staff ” [Gen 47:31]. ²² By faith Joseph, while coming-to-an-end^[h], mentioned concerning the departure^[i] of the sons of Israel and gave-commands concerning his bones.

I Am The Door of The Sheep. All Who Enter Through Me Will Be Saved

⁷ Then Jesus said again, “Truly, truly, I say to you that I am the door of ^[a] the sheep. ⁸ All who came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen-to them. ⁹ I am the door. If anyone enters through Me, he will be saved. And he will go in and go out, and he will find pasture. ¹⁰ The thief does not come except that he may steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life, and have abundance^[b].

I Am The Good Shepherd. All My Sheep Know Me. I Give My Life For Them

¹¹ “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays-down His life for the sheep. ¹² The one being a hired one and not a shepherd, of whom the sheep are not his own— he sees the wolf coming and leaves^[c] the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them, ¹³ because he is a hired one, and he is not concerned about the sheep. ¹⁴ I am the good shepherd. And I know My sheep, and My sheep know Me— ¹⁵ just as the Father knows Me, and I know the Father. And I lay-down My life for the sheep. ¹⁶ And I have other sheep, which are not of this fold^[d]. I must bring those also. And they^[e] will hear My voice. And they will become one flock, [with] one Shepherd. ¹⁷ For this reason the Father loves Me— because I lay down My life so that I may take it up again.