
John 10:11-18
Fourth Sunday of Easter B
11 “I am the goodA shepherd.B The good shepherd lays downC his lifeD for the sheep.E
12 The hired hand,F who is not the shepherd and does not ownG the sheep, seesH the wolfI coming and leavesJ the sheep
and runs awayK—and the wolf snatchesL them and scattersM them. 13 The hired hand runs away because a hired hand does not careN for the sheep. 14 I am the good shepherd. I knowO my own and my own know me, 15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father. And I lay down my life for the sheep.
16 I have otherP sheep that do not belong to this fold.Q I mustR bringS them also,
and they will listenT to my voice.U So there will beV one flock,W one shepherd.
17 For this reason the Father lovesX me, because I lay down my life in order to take it up again. 18 No one takesY it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have powerZ to lay it down, and I have power to take it up again. I have received this commandAA from my Father.”
Image credit: “The Good Shepherd, 1900-1905, Arlington Street Church, Boston” – Tiffany window.