John 10:15 · KJV
“As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.”
— John 10:15
I am the good shepherd, and know my {sheep}, and am known of mine.
And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, {and} one shepherd.
John 10 — Context
The 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.
15As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.
16And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, {and} one shepherd.
17Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.
Cross References
Galatians 1:4
Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:
John 10:11
I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
Matthew 11:27
All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and {he} to whomsoever the Son will reveal {him}.
Isaiah 53:10
Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put {him} to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see {his} seed, he shall prolong {his} days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand. {thou...: or, his soul shall make an offering}
1 John 2:2
And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for {the sins of} the whole world.
1 Peter 3:18
For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
Zechariah 13:7
Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man {that is} my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.
John 15:13
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.