John 10:1-11 ▼

1 Truly, truly, I say unto you, the one coming not in through the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbing up some other way, he is a thief and a robber.

2 And the one coming in through the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

3 To him the porter opens; and the sheep hear His voice: and he calls His own sheep by name, and leads them out.

4 When He may put out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow Him: because they know his voice:

5 but they will not follow a stranger, but will flee from him: because they know not the voice of strangers.

6 He spoke this parable to them: but they did not know what things He was speaking to them.

7 Then Jesus said, Truly, truly, I say unto you, that I am the door of the sheep.

8 All so many as came were thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.

9 I am the door: if any one may enter in through me, he shall be saved; he shall go in and come out, and find pasture.

10 The thief does not come, but that he may steal, and slay, and destroy: I came that they may have life, and have it more abundantly.

11 I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.