John 10:1-16

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.