John 10:1-16 ▼

1 Verily, verily I say to you, he that goes not through the door into the sheepfold, but climbs up some other way, he is a thief, and a robber.

2 But he that enters through the door, is the shepherd of the sheep.

3 To him the door-keeper opens; and the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out.

4 And when he puts his own sheep out, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him; for they know his voice.

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

6 This parable spoke Jesus to them; but they knew not the meaning of the things which he spoke to them.

7 Therefore Jesus spoke again to them: Verily, verily I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.

8 All that came before me were thieves and robbers; but the sheep did not hear them.

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

10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it in abundance.

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

12 But he that is a hireling, and not the shepherd, to whom the sheep do not belong, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep, and flees; and the wolf catches the sheep, and scatters them.

13 The hireling flees because he is a hireling, and cares not for the sheep.

14 I am the good shepherd, and I know my sheep, and am known by mine.

15 As the Father knows me, I also know the Father, and I lay down my life for the sheep.

16 And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold; those, also, must I bring, and they will hear my voice: and there shall be one flock, one shepherd.