John 10:1-6

The Good Shepherd and His Sheep

1 “Very truly I tell you Pharisees, anyone who does not enter the sheep pen by the gate, but climbs in by some other way, is a thief and a robber.

2 The one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.

3 The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

4 When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice.

5 But they will never follow a stranger; in fact, they will run away from him because they do not recognize a stranger’s voice.”

6 Jesus used this figure of speech, but the Pharisees did not understand what he was telling them.

Cross References

• 1. ver 8,10
• 2. ver 11,14; Mark 6:34
• 3. ver 4,5,14,16,27
• 4. ver 4,5,14,16,27
• 5. S ver 3
• 6. S John 16:25
• 7. S Mark 9:32