Psalm 23
23:1 The LORD is my shepherd, I shall
not want.
23:2 He makes me lie down in green pastures; he leads me beside
still waters;
23:3 he restores my soul. He leads me in right paths for
his name's sake.
23:4 Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I
fear no evil; for you are with me; your rod and your staff-- they comfort
me.
23:5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you
anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
23:6 Surely goodness and mercy
shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the
LORD my whole life long.
John 10:11-18
10:11 "I am the good shepherd. The
good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
10:12 The hired hand, who
is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves
the sheep and runs away--and the wolf snatches them and scatters
them.
10:13 The hired hand runs away because a hired hand does not care
for the sheep.
10:14 I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own
know me,
10:15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father. And I
lay down my life for the sheep.
10:16 I have other sheep that do not
belong to this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice.
So there will be one flock, one shepherd.
10:17 For this reason the
Father loves me, because I lay down my life in order to take it up
again.
10:18 No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord.
I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it up again. I have
received this command from my Father."
