John 10:1-8

Jesus as the Good Shepherd

1 "Truly, truly I say to you, the one who does not enter through the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbs up at some other place--that one is a thief and a robber.

2 But the one who enters through the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

3 For this one the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

4 Whenever he sends out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice.

5 And they will never follow a stranger, but will flee from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers."

6 Jesus told them this parable, but they did not understand what it was that he was saying to them.

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

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