John 10:14 (YLT)

Passage

`I am the good shepherd, and I know my <FI>sheep<Fi> , and am known by mine,

Nearby Context

John 10:12 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;

John 10:13 and the hireling doth flee because he is an hireling, and is not caring for the sheep.

John 10:14 `I am the good shepherd, and I know my <FI>sheep<Fi> , and am known by mine,

John 10:15 according as the Father doth know me, and I know the Father, and my life I lay down for the sheep,

John 10:16 and other sheep I have that are not of this fold, these also it behoveth me to bring, and my voice they will hear, and there shall become one flock--one shepherd.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "sheep", "good", "shepherd", "known", and "mine". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "sheep" and "good", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "and the hireling doth flee because he..." into verse 15's "according as the Father doth know me...", so "sheep" and "good" belong inside that flow. In John context, the local focus is the identity of Jesus, new birth, eternal life, and belief and unbelief.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "sheep" and "good" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.