John 10:1-16

¹Amen, amen I say to you: He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up another way, the same is a thief and a robber.

²But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

³To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.

⁴And when he hath let out his own sheep, he goeth before them: and the sheep follow him, because they know his voice.

⁵But a stranger they follow not, but fly from him, because they know not the voice of strangers.

⁶This proverb Jesus spoke to them. But they understood not what he spoke to them.

⁷Jesus therefore said to them again: Amen, amen I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.

⁸All others, as many as have come, are thieves and robbers: and the sheep heard them not.

⁹I am the door. By me, if any man enter in, he shall be saved: and he shall go in, and go out, and shall find pastures.

¹⁰The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I am come that they may have life, and may have it more abundantly.

¹¹I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd giveth his life for his sheep.

¹²But the hireling, and he that is not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and flieth: and the wolf catcheth, and scattereth the sheep:

¹³And the hireling flieth, because he is a hireling: and he hath no care for the sheep.

¹⁴I am the good shepherd; and I know mine, and mine know me.

¹⁵As the Father knoweth me, and I know the Father: and I lay down my life for my sheep.

¹⁶And other sheep I have, that are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice, and there shall be one fold and one shepherd.