John 10:1-6

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.

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