The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

John 10:11, 15, 17–18

¹¹I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.

¹⁵As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.

¹⁷Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.

¹⁸No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.