The good shepherd
John 10:1 ‘I tell you most solemnly, anyone who does not enter the sheepfold through the gate, but gets in some other way is a thief and a brigand. 10:2 The one who enters through the gate is the shepherd of the flock; 10:3 the gatekeeper lets him in, the sheep hear his voice, one by one he calls his own sheep and leads them out. 10:4 When he has brought out his flock, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow because they know his voice. 10:5 They never follow a stranger but run away from him: they do not recognise the voice of strangers.’ 10:6 Jesus told them this parable but they failed to understand what he meant by telling it to them. 10:7 So Jesus spoke to them again: ‘I tell you most solemnly, I am the gate of the sheepfold. 10:8 All others who have come are thieves and brigands; but the sheep took no notice of them 10:9 I am the gate. Anyone who enters through me will be safe: he will go freely in and out and be sure of finding pasture. 10:10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come so that they may have life and have it to the full. 10:11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd is one who lays down his life for his sheep. 10:12 The hired man, since he is not the shepherd and the sheep do not belong to him, abandons the sheep and runs away as soon as he sees a wolf coming, and then the wolf attacks and scatters the sheep; 10:13 this is because he is only a hired man and has no concern for the sheep. 10:14 I am the good shepherd; I know my own and my own know me, 10:15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for my sheep. 10:16 And there are other sheep I have that are not of this fold, and these I have to lead as well. They too will listen to my voice, and there will be only one flock, and one shepherd.
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