World English Bible
"even as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. I lay down my life for the sheep."
— John 10:15, World English 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. ”
“just as the Father knows me and I know the Father– and 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.”
He 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.
The hired hand flees because he is a hired hand, and doesn't care for the sheep.
I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and I'm known by my own;
even as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. I lay down my life for the sheep.
I have other sheep, which are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will hear my voice. They will become one flock with one shepherd.
Therefore the Father loves me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.
No one takes it away from me, but I lay it down by myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. I received this commandment from my Father."