John 10:1-16

¹Verely verely I saye vnto you: he that entreth not in by the dore into the shepefolde but clymeth vp some other waye: the same is a thefe and a robber.

²He that goeth in by the dore is the shepeherde of the shepe:

³to him the porter openeth and the shepe heare his voyce and he calleth his awne shepe by name and leadeth them out.

⁴And when he hath sent forthe his awne shepe he goeth before them and the shepe folowe him: for they knowe his voyce.

⁵A straunger they will not folowe but will flye from him: for they knowe not the voyce of straungers.

⁶This similitude spake Iesus vnto them. But they vnderstode not what thinges they were which he spake vnto them.

⁷Then sayde Iesus vnto them agayne. Verely verely I saye vnto you: I am the dore of the shepe.

⁸All even as many as came before me are theves and robbers: but the shepe dyd not heare them.

⁹I am the dore: by me yf eny man enter in he shalbe safe and shall goo in and out and fynde pasture.

¹⁰The thefe cometh not but forto steale kyll and destroye. I am come that they myght have lyfe and have it more aboundantly.

¹¹I am the good shepeheerd. The good shepeheerd geveth his lyfe for the shepe.

¹²An heyred servaut which is not the shepeherd nether the shepe are his awne seith the wolfe comynge and leveth the shepe and flyeth and the wolfe catcheth them and scattereth the shepe.

¹³The heyred servaut flyeth because he is an heyred servaunt and careth not for the shepe.

¹⁴I am that good shepeheerd and knowe myne and am knowe of myne.

¹⁵As my father knoweth me: even so knowe I my father. And I geve my lyfe for the shepe:

¹⁶and other shepe I have which are not of this folde. Them also must I bringe that they maye heare my voyce and that ther maye be one flocke and one shepeherde.