11I am the good shepherd. The shepherd, the one who is good, lays down his soul for the sake of the sheep. 12He who is the hireling and not the shepherd, to whom the sheep do not belong, sees the wolf coming and abandons the sheep and flees—and the wolf seizes and scatters them—13because he is a hireling and the sheep are no concern of his. 14I am the shepherd who is good, and I know my own and my own know me, 15just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my soul for the sake of the sheep.
