John 10

¹Verely, verely I say vnto you, Hee that entreth not in by the doore into the sheepefolde, but climeth vp another way, he is a theefe and a robber.

²But he that goeth in by the doore, is the shepheard of the sheepe.

³To him the porter openeth, and the sheepe heare his voyce, and he calleth his owne sheepe by name, and leadeth them out.

⁴And when hee hath sent foorth his owne sheepe, he goeth before them, and the sheepe follow him: for they know his voyce.

⁵And they will not follow a stranger, but they flee from him: for they know not the voyce of strangers.

⁶This parable spake Iesus vnto them: but they vnderstoode not what things they were which he spake vnto them.

⁷Then sayd Iesus vnto them againe, Verely, verely I say vnto you, I am that doore of the sheepe.

⁸All, that euer came before me, are theeues and robbers: but the sheepe did not heare them.

⁹I am that doore: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saued, and shall go in, and go out, and finde pasture.

¹⁰The theefe commeth not, but for to steale, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might haue life, and haue it in abundance.

¹¹I am that good shepheard: that good shepheard giueth his life for his sheepe.

¹²But an hireling, and hee which is not the shepheard, neither the sheepe are his owne, seeth the wolfe comming, and hee leaueth the sheepe, and fleeth, and the wolfe catcheth them, and scattreth the sheepe.