Holy BibleKing James Version

John 10:11 KJV

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

John 10:11, King James Version

In context

10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

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

12 But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.

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Cross-references

  • Psalms 23:1 A Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
  • John 10:14 I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.
  • John 15:13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
  • Revelation 7:17 For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
  • Isaiah 40:11 He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.