John 10:12-16 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

12. Hired workers are not like the shepherd. They don't own the sheep, and when they see a wolf coming, they run off and leave the sheep. Then the wolf attacks and scatters the flock.

13. Hired workers run away because they don't care about the sheep.

14. I am the good shepherd. I know my sheep, and they know me.

15. Just as the Father knows me, I know the Father, and I give up my life for my sheep.

16. I have other sheep that are not in this sheep pen. I must bring them together too, when they hear my voice. Then there will be one flock of sheep and one shepherd.

John 10