John 10:1-9

Parable of the Good Shepherd

1 "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbs up some other way, he is 1a thief and a robber.
2 "But he who enters by the door is 2a shepherd of the sheep.
3 "To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear 3his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and 4leads them out.
4 "When he puts forth all his own, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they know 5his voice.
5 "A stranger they simply will not follow, but will flee from him, because they do not know 6the voice of strangers."
6 This 7figure of speech Jesus spoke to them, but they did not understand what those things were which He had been saying to them.
7 So Jesus said to them again, "Truly, truly, I say to you, I am 8the door of the sheep.
8 "All who came before Me are 9thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them.
9 "10I am the door; if anyone enters through Me, he will be saved, and will go * in and out and find pasture.

Cross References 10

  • 1. John 10:8
  • 2. John 10:11
  • 3. John 10:4f, 16, 27
  • 4. John 10:9
  • 5. John 10:5, 16, 27
  • 6. John 10:4, 16, 27
  • 7. John 16:25, 29; 2 Peter 2:22
  • 8. John 10:1f, 9
  • 9. Jeremiah 23:1; Ezekiel 34:2f; John 10:1
  • 10. John 10:1f, 9
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