John 10:1-18
New King James Version (NKJV)

Jesus the True Shepherd
10 “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs
up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. 2 But he who enters by the door is
the shepherd of the sheep. 3 To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice;
and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 4 And when he brings out his own
sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. 5 Yet they
will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of
strangers.” 6 Jesus used this illustration, but they did not understand the things which
He spoke to them.
Jesus the Good Shepherd
7 Then Jesus said to them again, “Most assuredly, I say to you, I am the door of the
sheep. 8 All who ever came before Me are thieves and robbers, but
the sheep did not hear them. 9 I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved,
and will go in and out and find pasture. 10 The thief does not come except to steal, and
to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may
have it more abundantly.

11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep. 12 But a
hireling, he who is not the shepherd, one who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf
coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf catches the sheep and scatters
them. 13 The hireling flees because he is a hireling and does not care about the
sheep.14 I am the good shepherd; and I know My sheep, and am known by My
own. 15 As the Father knows Me, even so I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the
sheep. 16 And other sheep I have which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and
they will hear My voice; and there will be one flock and one shepherd.

17 “Therefore My Father loves Me, because I lay down My life that I may take it
again. 18 No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I have power to lay it
down, and I have power to take it again. This command I have received from My Father.”