John 10:1-16

¹Verily, verily, I say to you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheep-fold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.

²But he that entereth 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 putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.

⁵And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.

⁶This parable spoke Jesus to them: but they understood not what things they were which he spoke to them.

⁷Then said Jesus to them again, Verily, verily, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.

⁸All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.

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

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

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

¹²But he that is a hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth, and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.

¹³The hireling fleeth, because he is a hireling, and careth not for the sheep.

¹⁴I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep , and am known by mine.

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

¹⁶And other sheep I have which 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.