John 10

The Shepherd and the Sheep

1“Truly, truly, I tell you, anyone who does not enter the sheepfold through the gate but climbs in some other way is a thief and a robber. 2But the one who enters through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. 3The gatekeeper opens for him, and the sheep hear his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 4When he has brought out all his own, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice. 5They will certainly not follow a stranger but will run away, because they do not know strangers’ voices.” 6Jesus used this figure of speech with them, but they did not understand what he was telling them.

I Am the Door

7So Jesus told them again, “Truly, truly, I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep. 8All who came before me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. 9I am the gate. Whoever enters through me will be saved, and will come in and go out and find pasture. 10The thief comes only to steal, kill, and destroy. I came so that they may have life and have it abundantly.