1. “Amen, amen I tell you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber.
2. But he who enters through the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
3. To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice. The shepherd calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
4. “When he has brought out all his own, he goes ahead of them; and the sheep follow him because they know his voice.
5. They will never follow a stranger, but will run away from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.”
6. Yeshua told them this parable, but they did not understand what He was telling them.
7. So Yeshua said again, “Amen, amen I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep.
8. All those who came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.
9. I am the gate! If anyone comes in through Me, he will be saved. He will come and go and find pasture.
10. The thief comes only to steal, slaughter, and destroy. I have come that they might have life, and have it abundantly!
11. “I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.
12. The hired worker is not the shepherd, and the sheep are not his own. He sees the wolf coming and abandons the sheep and flees. Then the wolf snatches and scatters the sheep.
13. The man is only a hired hand and does not care about the sheep.
14. “I am the Good Shepherd. I know My own and My own know Me,
15. just as the Father knows Me and I know the Father. And I lay down My life for the sheep.
16. I have other sheep that are not from this fold; those also I must lead, and they will listen to My voice. So there shall be one flock, one Shepherd.