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John 10:11-12 KJV
John · chapter 10 · verses 11–12 · King James Version
11I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. 12But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.John 10:11-12 · King James Version
John 10:11-12 in context
9I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
10The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
11I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
12But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.
13The 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.
Cross references
- John 10:14-15
- Psalms 23:1
- John 15:13
- Revelation 7:17
- Isaiah 40:11
- 1 Peter 2:24-25
- 1 John 3:16
- Hebrews 13:20
Key words (Strong's)
- scatterethskorpizōto scatter, of those who, routed or terror stricken or driven by some other impulses, fly…G4650 →
- shepherdpoimēna herdsman, esp. a shepherd, in the parable, he to whose care and control others have…G4166 →
- hirelingmisthōtosone hired, a hirelingG3411 →
- catchethharpazōto seize, carry off by force, to seize on, claim for one s self eagerly, to snatch out or…G726 →
- leavethaphiēmito send away, to bid going away or depart, of a husband divorcing his wife, to send…G863 →
- givethtithēmito set, put, place, to place or lay, to put down, lay down, to bend down, to lay off or…G5087 →
- comingerchomaito come, of persons, to come from one place to another, and used both of persons arriving…G2064 →
- fleethpheugōto flee away, seek safety by flight, metaph. to flee something abhorrent, esp. vices, to…G5343 →
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