10. The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance (to the full, till it overflows).
11. I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd risks and lays down His [own] life for the sheep. [Ps. 23.]
12. But the hired servant (he who merely serves for wages) who is neither the shepherd nor the owner of the sheep, when he sees the wolf coming, deserts the flock and runs away. And the wolf chases and snatches them and scatters [the flock].
13. Now the hireling flees because he merely serves for wages and is not himself concerned about the sheep [cares nothing for them].
14. I am the Good Shepherd; and I know and recognize My own, and My own know and recognize Me–