John 10:11

KJV1611 – Modern English

I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd gives his life for the sheep.

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  • Isa 40:11 : 11 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.
  • John 15:13 : 13 Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
  • Heb 13:20 : 20 Now may the God of peace, who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
  • Ezek 34:23 : 23 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.
  • 1 Pet 5:4 : 4 And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you shall receive a crown of glory that does not fade away.
  • Ps 23:1 : 1 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not lack.
  • Zech 13:7 : 7 Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man who is my fellow, says the LORD of hosts: strike the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered; and I will turn my hand upon the little ones.
  • John 10:14-15 : 14 I am the good shepherd, and I know my sheep, and am known by my own. 15 As the Father knows me, even so I know the Father, and I lay down my life for the sheep.
  • John 10:17-18 : 17 Therefore my Father loves me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again. 18 No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment I have received from my Father.
  • Eph 5:2 : 2 And walk in love, as Christ also loved us, and gave himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.
  • Ps 80:1 : 1 Listen, O Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock; you who dwell between the cherubim, shine forth.
  • Ezek 37:24 : 24 And my servant David shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.
  • 1 John 3:16 : 16 By this we perceive the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.
  • Rev 7:17 : 17 For the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne will shepherd them and will lead them to living fountains of waters; and God will wipe away all tears from their eyes.
  • Mic 5:4 : 4 And he shall stand and shepherd in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God; and they shall dwell secure, for now he shall be great to the ends of the earth.
  • Isa 53:6 : 6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned, every one, to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
  • Ezek 34:11-16 : 11 For thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will both search for my sheep, and seek them out. 12 As a shepherd seeks out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day. 13 And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country. 14 I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a rich pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel. 15 I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, says the Lord GOD. 16 I will seek that which was lost, and bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.
  • Gen 31:39-40 : 39 That which was torn by beasts I did not bring to you; I bore the loss of it; from my hand you required it, whether stolen by day or by night. 40 Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from my eyes.
  • 1 Sam 17:34-35 : 34 David said to Saul, Your servant kept his father's sheep, and when a lion or a bear came and took a lamb from the flock, 35 I went after it, struck it, and rescued the lamb from its mouth. When it rose against me, I caught it by its beard, struck it, and killed it.
  • 2 Sam 24:17 : 17 And David spoke to the LORD when he saw the angel who struck the people, and said, Behold, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: but these sheep, what have they done? let Your hand, I pray You, be against me, and against my father's house.
  • Titus 2:14 : 14 Who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for Himself a special people, zealous for good works.
  • 1 Pet 2:24-25 : 24 Who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness; by whose stripes you were healed. 25 For you were like sheep going astray, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
  • Matt 20:28 : 28 Even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 85%

    12 But the hired hand, who is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them.

    13 The hired hand flees because he is a hired hand and does not care for the sheep.

    14 I am the good shepherd, and I know my sheep, and am known by my own.

    15 As the Father knows me, even so I know the Father, and I lay down my life for the sheep.

    16 And I have other sheep, which are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will hear my voice, and there will be one flock, one shepherd.

    17 Therefore my Father loves me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.

    18 No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment I have received from my Father.

  • John 10:7-10
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    82%

    7 Then Jesus said to them again, Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.

    8 All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.

    9 I am the door; if anyone enters through me, he will be saved, and will go in and out, and find pasture.

    10 The thief comes only to steal, kill, and destroy. I have come that they might have life, and have it more abundantly.

  • John 10:1-5
    5 verses
    80%

    1 Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter by the door into the sheepfold, but climbs up some other way, is a thief and a robber.

    2 But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

    3 To him the gatekeeper opens; and the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

    4 And when he has sent out his own sheep, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.

    5 But they will not follow a stranger, but will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.

  • 78%

    27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.

    28 And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish, nor shall anyone snatch them out of my hand.

    29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of my Father's hand.

  • Ps 23:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not lack.

    2 He makes me lie down in green pastures; he leads me beside the still waters.

  • Ezek 34:6-12
    7 verses
    76%

    6 My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yes, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none searched or sought after them.

    7 Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;

    8 As I live, says the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became food for every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, nor did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and did not feed my flock;

    9 Therefore, O you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;

    10 Thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; nor shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be food for them.

    11 For thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will both search for my sheep, and seek them out.

    12 As a shepherd seeks out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.

  • Zech 11:4-5
    2 verses
    75%

    4 Thus says the LORD my God: Feed the flock of the slaughter.

    5 Whose owners slay them and hold themselves not guilty. And those who sell them say, 'Blessed be the LORD, for I am rich.' And their own shepherds do not pity them.

  • 15 I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, says the Lord GOD.

  • 74%

    15 The LORD said to me, Take for yourself the implements of a foolish shepherd.

    16 For behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land who will not care for those who are cut off, nor seek the young, nor heal the broken, nor feed what stands still. But he will eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their hooves in pieces.

  • 13 Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

  • 73%

    22 Therefore I will save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between sheep and sheep.

    23 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.

  • Luke 15:4-5
    2 verses
    72%

    4 What man among you, having a hundred sheep, if he loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one which is lost until he finds it?

    5 And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

  • 72%

    11 For the Son of Man has come to save that which was lost.

    12 What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine and go to the mountains to seek the one that has gone astray?

  • 7 Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man who is my fellow, says the LORD of hosts: strike the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered; and I will turn my hand upon the little ones.

  • 4 And I will set shepherds over them who will feed them; and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, nor shall they be lacking, says the LORD.

  • 7 So I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of the flock. I took to myself two staffs: one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bonds; and I fed the flock.

  • 1 Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! says the LORD.

  • 11 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.

  • 31 And you my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, says the Lord GOD.

  • 51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if anyone eats of this bread, he shall live forever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.

  • 16 By this we perceive the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

  • 45 For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.

  • 27 And Jesus said to them, All of you will be offended because of me this night, for it is written, I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered.