# John 10.12-13

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**Book:** [John](/codex/john-the-apostle/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 10. <span class="rl-speech">The thief cometh not, but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.</span> 11. <span class="rl-speech">I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd layeth down his life for the sheep.</span>
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> **12. <span class="rl-speech">He that is a hireling, and not a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, beholdeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth, and the wolf snatcheth them, and scattereth them:</span> 13. <span class="rl-speech">he fleeth because he is a hireling, and careth not for the sheep.</span>**
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> 14. <span class="rl-speech">I am the good shepherd; and I know mine own, and mine own know me,</span> 15. <span class="rl-speech">even as the Father knoweth me, and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.</span> (John 10:10-15, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 10. <span class="rl-speech">The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.</span> 11. <span class="rl-speech">I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.</span>
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> **12. <span class="rl-speech">He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who doesn’t own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, leaves the sheep, and flees. The wolf snatches the sheep, and scatters them.</span> 13. <span class="rl-speech">The hired hand flees because he is a hired hand, and doesn’t care for the sheep.</span>**
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> 14. <span class="rl-speech">I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and I’m known by my own;</span> 15. <span class="rl-speech">even as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. I lay down my life for the sheep.</span> (John 10:10-15, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 10. <span class="rl-speech">The 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.</span> 11. <span class="rl-speech">I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.</span>
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> **12. <span class="rl-speech">But 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.</span> 13. <span class="rl-speech">The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.</span>**
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> 14. <span class="rl-speech">I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.</span> 15. <span class="rl-speech">As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.</span> (John 10:10-15, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 10. <span class="rl-speech">'The thief doth not come, except that he may steal, and kill, and destroy; I came that they may have life, and may have [it] abundantly.</span> 11. <span class="rl-speech">'I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd his life layeth down for the sheep;</span>
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> **12. <span class="rl-speech">and the hireling, and not being a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, doth behold the wolf coming, and doth leave the sheep, and doth flee; and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep;</span> 13. <span class="rl-speech">and the hireling doth flee because he is an hireling, and is not caring for the sheep.</span>**
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> 14. <span class="rl-speech">'I am the good shepherd, and I know my [sheep], and am known by mine,</span> 15. <span class="rl-speech">according as the Father doth know me, and I know the Father, and my life I lay down for the sheep,</span> (John 10:10-15, YLT)

## Setting

- **Speaker:** _TBD_
- **Audience:** _TBD_
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- **Time period:** _TBD_

## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._

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## Quoted in

**Concepts:**

- [Jesus Said](/codex/jesus-said/), via [John 10](/codex/john-10/)

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## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.