12 “But the hireling, and not being a shepherd, one who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees. And the wolf snatches the sheep and scatters them.
13 “Now the hireling flees because he is a hireling and is not concerned about the sheep.
14 “I am the good shepherd. And I know Mine, and Mine know Me,
15 even as the Father knows Me, and I know the Father. And I lay down My life for the sheep.
16 “And other sheep I have which are not of this fold – I have to bring them as well, and they shall hear My voice, and there shall be one flock, one shepherd.
17 “Because of this the Father loves Me, because I lay down My life, in order to receive it again.
18 “No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to receive it again. This command I have received from My Father.”