John 10:1-11 ▼

1 I assure you, he that entreth not by the door into the sheep-fold, but climbeth up some other way, is a thief and a robber.

2 but he that enters in by the door, is the pastor of the sheep.

3 the porter lets him in, and the sheep know his voice: he calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out to pasture.

4 when he lets out his own sheep, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him: because they know his voice.

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

6 Jesus talk'd to them in this figurative way: but they did not understand the meaning of his discourse.

7 Jesus therefore subjoin'd, I declare unto you, I am the door of the sheep-fold.

8 they who have personated me, are all thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not follow them.

9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved; he shall go in and out, and find pasture.

10 the thief comes only to steal, to kill, and destroy: but I am come that they might have life, and have it with all its advantages.

11 I am the true pastor: the true pastor exposes his life for the sheep.