John 10:14-18
Read John 10 in full →14“aI am the good shepherd, and bI know My own and My own know Me, 15even as athe Father knows Me and I know the Father; and bI lay down My life for the sheep. 16“And I have aother sheep, which are not from this fold; I must bring them also, and they will hear My voice; and they will become bone flock with cone shepherd. 17“For this reason the Father loves Me, because I alay down My life so that I may take it again. 18“aNo one 1takes it away from Me, but from Myself, I blay it down. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. cThis commandment I received from My Father.”