John 10:1-9

I Am the Good Shepherd

1 "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber.

2 But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

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

4 When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.

5 ¹A stranger they will not follow, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers."

6 This figure of speech Jesus ²used with them, but they ³did not understand what he was saying to them.

7 So Jesus again said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, ⁴I am the door of the sheep.

8 All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.

9 I am the door. If anyone enters by me, ⁵he will be saved and will go in and out and ⁶find pasture.