John 10:1–18

¹Verily, verily, I say to you, He that enters not in by the door to the fold of the sheep, but mounts up elsewhere, he is a thief and a robber; ²but he that enters in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. ³To him the porter opens; and the sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out. ⁴When he has put forth all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, because they know his voice. ⁵But they will not follow a stranger, but will flee from him, because they know not the voice of strangers. ⁶This allegory spoke Jesus to them, but they did not know what it was of which he spoke to them. ⁷Jesus therefore said again to them, Verily, verily, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. ⁸All whoever came before me are thieves and robbers; but the sheep did not hear them. ⁹I am the door: if any one enter in by me, he shall be saved, and shall go in and shall go out and shall find pasture. ¹⁰The thief comes not but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I am come that they might have life, and might have it abundantly. ¹¹I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep: ¹²but he who serves for wages, and who is not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf seizes them and scatters the sheep. ¹³Now he who serves for wages flees because he serves for wages, and is not himself concerned about the sheep. ¹⁴I am the good shepherd; and I know those that are mine, and am known of those that are mine, ¹⁵as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep. ¹⁶And I have other sheep which are not of this fold: those also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one flock, one shepherd. ¹⁷On this account the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it again. ¹⁸No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have authority to lay it down and I have authority to take it again. I have received this commandment of my Father.