John 10:1-10

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.

10 "The thief comes only * * to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they ¹¹may have life, and have it abundantly.

Cross References

• 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
• 11. John 5:40

Footnotes

• [a] Or "have abundance"