4. When he has brought his own sheep outside, he walks on before them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice.
5. They will never [on any account] follow a stranger, but will run away from him because they do not know the voice of strangers or recognize their call.
6. Jesus used this parable (illustration) with them, but they did not understand what He was talking about.
7. So Jesus said again, I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, that I Myself am the Door for the sheep.
8. All others who came [as such] before Me are thieves and robbers, but the [true] sheep did not listen to and obey them.
9. I am the Door; anyone who enters in through Me will be saved (will live). He will come in and he will go out [freely], and will find pasture.
10. The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance (to the full, till it overflows).