7 So Jesus again said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, ^jI 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 by me, he will ^kbe saved and will ^lgo in and out and find ^mpasture. 10 The thief comes only to steal and ⁿkill and destroy. I came that they may ^ohave life and have it abundantly. 11 I am ^pthe good shepherd. The good shepherd ^qlays down his life for the sheep. 12 He who is a hired hand and not a ^rshepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and ^sleaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. 13 He flees because he is a hired hand and ^tcares nothing for the sheep. 14 I am the good shepherd. ^uI know my own and my own know me, 15 just as ^vthe Father knows me and ^wI know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep. 16 And I have ^xother sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and ^ythey will listen to my voice. So there will be ^zone flock, ^aone shepherd. 17 For this reason ^bthe Father loves me, because I lay down my life ^cthat I may take it up again. 18 No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This ^dcharge I have received from my Father.”