“”I am the good shepherd; I know my own sheep, and they know Me, just as My Father knows Me and I know the Father. So I sacrifice My life for the sheep. I have other sheep, too that are not in this sheepfold. I must bring them also. They will listen to My voice and there will be one flock with one shepherd.
The father loves Me because I sacrifice My life so I may take it back again. No one can take my life from me. I sacrifice it voluntarily. For I have the authority to lay it down when I won’t to and also to take it up again. For this is what My Father has commanded.”” (John 10: vv. 14-18, NLT)