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Jesus says, “I am the good shepherd,” and explains that the good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep (John 10:11). He contrasts this with hired hands who abandon the sheep and describes knowing his own and being known by them (John 10:12–14).
11I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
12He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who doesn`t own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, leaves the sheep, and flees. The wolf snatches the sheep, and scatters them.
13The hired hand flees because he is a hired hand, and doesn`t care for the sheep.
14I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and I`m known by my own;