John 10:1-16

¹“Most assuredly, I tell you, whoever doesn’t enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber.

²The one who enters by the gate is the sheep’s shepherd.

³The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep hear his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

⁴When he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, because they know his voice.

⁵There is no way that they will follow a stranger, but will run away from the stranger, because they don’t know the voice of strangers.”

⁶Jesus used this illustration, but the Pharisees didn’t understand what He was telling them.

⁷Then Jesus told them again, “Most assuredly, I tell you, I am the sheep’s door.

⁸All who ever came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep didn’t listen to them.

⁹I am the door. Anyone who enters by me will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.

¹⁰The thief comes only to steal, and kill, and destroy. I came that they might have life, and that they might have it in all its fullness.

¹¹I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.

¹²The hired hand, who isn’t the shepherd and doesn’t own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away. So, the wolf snatches them and scatters them.

¹³The hired hand is concerned about the wages, and not the sheep, so the hired hand runs away.

¹⁴I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me,

¹⁵just as the Father knows me and I know the Father. I lay down my life for the sheep.

¹⁶I have other sheep that don’t belong to this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So, there will be one flock, with one shepherd.