John 10:1–10

I Am the Good Shepherd

10“Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber. ²But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. ³To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. ⁴When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. ^5yA stranger they will not follow, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.” ⁶This figure of speech Jesus ^zused with them, but they ^adid not understand what he was saying to them.

⁷So Jesus again said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, ^bI am the door of the sheep. ⁸All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. ⁹I am the door. If anyone enters by me, ^che will be saved and will go in and out and ^dfind pasture. ¹⁰The thief comes only to steal and ^ekill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.