NET Bible
"just as the Father knows me and I know the Father– and I lay down my life for the sheep."
— John 10:15, NET Bible
“As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.”
“even as the Father knoweth me, and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep. ”
“even as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. I lay down my life for the sheep.”
“As the Father knoweth me, and I know the Father: and I lay down my life for my sheep.”
“Even as the Father has knowledge of me and I of the Father; and I am giving my life for the sheep.”
“As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.”
The hired hand, who is not a shepherd and does not own sheep, sees the wolf coming and abandons the sheep and runs away. So the wolf attacks the sheep and scatters them.
Because he is a hired hand and is not concerned about the sheep, he runs away.
“I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me–
just as the Father knows me and I know the Father– and I lay down my life for the sheep.
I have other sheep that do not come from this sheepfold. I must bring them too, and they will listen to my voice, so that there will be one flock and one shepherd.
This is why the Father loves me– because I lay down my life, so that I may take it back again.
No one takes it away from me, but I lay it down of my own free will. I have the authority to lay it down, and I have the authority to take it back again. This commandment I received from my Father.”