💫WEB · John 10:16

What does John 10:16 mean?

"I have other sheep, which are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will hear my voice. They will become one flock with one shepherd."

— John 10:16 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

13

The hired hand flees because he is a hired hand, and doesn’t care for the sheep.

14

I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and I’m known by my own;

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even as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. I lay down my life for the sheep.

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I have other sheep, which are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will hear my voice. They will become one flock with one shepherd.

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Therefore the Father loves me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.

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No one takes it away from me, but I lay it down by myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. I received this commandment from my Father.”

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Therefore a division arose again among the Jews because of these words.

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