John 10

¹Truly I say to you, He who does not go through the door into the place where the sheep are kept, but gets in by some other way, is a thief and an outlaw.

²He who goes in by the door is the keeper of the sheep.

³The porter lets him in; and the sheep give ear to his voice; he says over the names of the sheep, and takes them out.

⁴When he has got them all out, he goes before them, and the sheep go after him, for they have knowledge of his voice.

⁵They will not go after another who is not their keeper, but will go from him in flight, because his voice is strange to them.

⁶In this Jesus was teaching them in the form of a story: but what he said was not clear to them.

⁷So Jesus said again, Truly I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.

⁸All who came before me are thieves and outlaws: but the sheep did not give ear to them.

⁹I am the door: if any man goes in through me he will have salvation, and will go in and go out, and will get food.

¹⁰The thief comes only to take the sheep and to put them to death: he comes for their destruction: I have come so that they may have life and have it in greater measure.

¹¹I am the good keeper of sheep: the good keeper gives his life for the sheep.

¹²He who is a servant, and not the keeper or the owner of the sheep, sees the wolf coming and goes in flight, away from the sheep; and the wolf comes down on them and sends them in all directions: