John 10:11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the s…”

John 10:11

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd layeth down his life for the sheep.

Geneva Bible 1599

I am that good shepheard: that good shepheard giueth his life for his sheepe.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

'I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd his life layeth down for the sheep;

Bible in Basic English

I am the good keeper of sheep: the good keeper gives his life for the sheep.

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Cross references

“the good”

Psalm 23:1 Isaiah 40:11 Ezekiel 34:23 Hebrews 13:20 1 Peter 5:4 Ezekiel 37:24

Psalm 23:1 · BSB

The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

Isaiah 40:11 · BSB

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.

Ezekiel 34:23 · BSB

I will appoint over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will feed them. He will feed them and be their shepherd.

Hebrews 13:20 · BSB

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,

1 Peter 5:4 · BSB

And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away.

Ezekiel 37:24 · BSB

My servant David will be king over them, and there will be one shepherd for all of them. They will follow My ordinances and keep and observe My statutes.

“giveth”

2 Samuel 24:17 Titus 2:14 Isaiah 53:6 Ephesians 5:2 Genesis 31:39 Genesis 31:40

2 Samuel 24:17 · BSB

When David saw the angel striking down the people, he said to the LORD, “Surely I, the shepherd, have sinned and acted wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? Please, let Your hand fall upon me and my father’s ho…

Titus 2:14 · BSB

He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.

Isaiah 53:6 · BSB

We all like sheep have gone astray, each one has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid upon Him the iniquity of us all.

Ephesians 5:2 · BSB

and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.

Genesis 31:39 · BSB

I did not bring you anything torn by wild beasts; I bore the loss myself. And you demanded payment from me for what was stolen by day or night.

Genesis 31:40 · BSB

As it was, the heat consumed me by day and the frost by night, and sleep fled from my eyes.

Also

John 15:13 Revelation 7:17 1 John 3:16 Matthew 20:28 Ezekiel 34:11–16 John 10:17–18

John 15:13 · BSB

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

Revelation 7:17 · BSB

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.’ ”

1 John 3:16 · BSB

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.

Matthew 20:28 · BSB

just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”

Ezekiel 34:11–16 · BSB

For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I Myself will search for My flock and seek them out.

John 10:17–18 · BSB

The reason the Father loves Me is that I lay down My life in order to take it up again.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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

12The 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.

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