JESUS said unto them, I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd
layeth down his life for the sheep.
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: he fleeth because he is a hireling, and careth not for the sheep.
I am the good shepherd; and I know mine own, and mine own know me,
Even as the Father knoweth me, and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.
And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring,
And they shall hear my voice;
And they shall become one flock, one shepherd.
NOW the God of peace, who brought again from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep with the blood of an eternal covenant, even our Lord Jesus,
Make you perfect in every good thing to do his will,
Working in us that which is well-pleasing in his sight,
Through Jesus Christ; to whom be the glory for ever and ever.
Amen.
SELECTION 9
GOD OUR DELIVERER
IWILL bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually
be in my mouth.
My soul shall make her boast in the Lord:
The meek shall hear thereof, and be glad.
Oh magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name to-gether.
I sought the Lord, and he answered me,
And delivered me from all my fears.
They looked unto him, and were radiant; and their faces shall never be confounded.
