010:002 But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
010:003 To him the porter opens the door, and the sheep hear his voice;
and he calls his own sheep by their names and leads them out.
010:004 When he has brought out his own sheep--all of them--
he walks at the head of them; and the sheep follow him,
because they know his voice.
010:005 But a stranger they will by no means follow, but will run away
from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers."
010:006 Jesus spoke to them in this figurative language, but they did
not understand what He meant.
010:007 Again therefore Jesus said to them, "In most solemn truth I
tell you that I am the Door of the sheep.
010:008 All who have come before me are thieves and robbers;
but the sheep would not listen to them.
010:009 I am the Door. If any one enters by me, he will find safety,
and will go in and out and find pasture.
010:010 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy:
I have come that they may have Life, and may have it in abundance.
010:011 "I am the Good Shepherd. A good shepherd lays down his very life
for the sheep.
010:012 The hired servant--one who is not a shepherd and does not own
the sheep--no sooner sees the wolf coming than he leaves
the sheep and runs away; and the wolf worries and scatters them.
010:013 For he is only a hired servant and cares nothing for the sheep.
010:014 "I am the Good Shepherd. And I know my sheep and my sheep know me,
010:015 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I am
laying down my life for the sheep.
010:016 I have also other sheep--which do not belong to this fold.
Those also I must bring, and they will listen to my voice;
and they shall become one flock under one Shepherd.