John 10:1-9 ▼

1 I tell you the solemn truth, the one who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber.

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

3 The doorkeeper opens the door 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 sheep out, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they recognize his voice.

5 They will never follow a stranger, but will run away from him, because they do not recognize the stranger's voice.|

6 Jesus told them this parable, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.

7 So Jesus said to them again, |I tell you the solemn truth, I am the door for the sheep.

8 All who came before me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.

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