Scripture Reading

John 10 : 11 - 15

11: "I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

12: The hired hand is not the shepherd who owns the sheep.  So when he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away.  Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters it. 

13: The man runs away because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep.

14: "I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me.

15: just as the Father knows me and I now the father - and lay down my life for the sheep.