John 10:1-9 ▼

1 “Truly I tell you, anyone who doesn’t enter the sheep pen by the gate but climbs in some other way is a thief and a robber.

2 The one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.

3 The gatekeeper opens it for him, and the sheep hear his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

4 When he has brought all his own outside, he goes ahead of them. The sheep follow him because they know his voice.

5 They will never follow a stranger; instead they will run away from him, because they don’t know the voice of strangers.”

6 Jesus gave them this figure of speech, but they did not understand what he was telling them.

7 Jesus said again, “Truly I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep.

8 All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep didn’t listen to them.

9 I am the gate. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will come in and go out and find pasture.