John 10:11 (KJV)
“I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.”
John 10:11 is verse of the day number 180 of 366 on Lampfold, under the theme “The good shepherd”. It comes from John 10, and 10 other passages connected to it are listed below.
John 10:11 in other translations
I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd layeth down his life for the sheep.
American Standard Version (ASV)
John 10:11 in context
John 10:8–14 (KJV). The verse of the day is highlighted.
8All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
9I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
10The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
11I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
12But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.
13The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.
14I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.
Cross-references for John 10:11
Passages most often linked to John 10:11, strongest connections first.
The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.
Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.
Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
And David spake unto the LORD when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: but these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father’s house.
And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.
And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.
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