John 10:4
10:4 When he has brought all his own sheep
out, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they recognize
his voice.
John 10:11-12
10:11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
10:12 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.
John 10:15
10:15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father – and I lay down my life
for
the sheep.