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John 10:11

Jesus ChristThe cross and atonementGod's love

9 I am the gate. If anyone enters through Me, he will be saved. He will come in and go out and find pasture.

10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it in all its fullness.

I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.

12 The hired hand is not the shepherd, and the sheep are not his own. When he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf pounces on them and scatters the flock.

13 The man runs away because he is a hired servant and is unconcerned for the sheep.

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BSB
I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.
KJV
I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
WEB
“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
ASV
I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd layeth down his life for the sheep.
DARBY
I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep:
BLB
I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.
ÅB
Jeg er den gode hyrde; den gode hyrde setter sitt liv til for sauene.
OTB
"Jeg er den gode hyrde. Den gode hyrde er villig til å gi sitt liv for sauene.
B1930
Jeg er den gode hyrde; den gode hyrde setter sitt liv til for fårene.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Psalms 23:1

    The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

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  • John 10:14–15

    I am the good shepherd. I know My sheep and My sheep know Me,

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  • John 15:13

    Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.

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  • Revelation 7:17

    For the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd. ‘He will lead them to springs of living water,’ and ‘God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’”

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  • Isaiah 40:11

    He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes.

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  • 1 Peter 2:24–25

    He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”

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  • 1 John 3:16

    By this we know what love is: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.

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  • Hebrews 13:20

    Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep,

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