Joh 10:11, 16, 26-30, 20:15-17, Act 20:28, 1Pe 5:2-3 | ESV | STEP | I am the good shepherd . The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep .

John 10:11

11 ^aI am the good shepherd. The good shepherd ^blays down his life for the sheep.

John 10:16

16 And ^cI have other sheep that are not of this fold. ^dI must bring them also, and ^ethey will listen to my voice. So there will be ^fone flock, ^gone shepherd.

John 10:26-30

26 but ^hyou do not believe because you are not among my sheep. 27 ⁱMy sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. 28 ^jI give them eternal life, and ^kthey will never perish, and ^lno one will snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, ^mwho has given them to me, ^{▼▼Some manuscripts What my Father has given to me} ^ois greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of ^pthe Father’s hand. 30 ^qI and the Father are one.”

John 20:15-17

15 Jesus said to her, ^r“Woman, why are you weeping? ^sWhom are you seeking?” Supposing him to be ^tthe gardener, she said to him, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.” 16 Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned and said to him in Aramaic, ^{▼▼Or Hebrew} ^v“Rabboni!” (which means Teacher). 17 Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to ^wmy brothers and say to them, ^x‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to ^ymy God and your God.’”

Acts 20:28

28 ^zPay careful attention to yourselves and to all ^aathe flock, in which ^abthe Holy Spirit has made you ^acoverseers, ^adto care for ^aethe church of God, ^{▼▼Some manuscripts of the Lord} which he ^agobtained ^ahwith his own blood. ^{▼▼Or with the blood of his Own}

1 Peter 5:2-3

2 ^ajshepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight, ^{▼▼Some manuscripts omit exercising oversight} ^alnot under compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; ^{▼▼Some manuscripts omit as God would have you} ^annot for shameful gain, but eagerly; 3 not ^aodomineering over those in your charge, but ^apbeing examples to the flock.