7. Jesus said:I tell you for certain that I am the gate for the sheep.
8. Everyone who came before me was a thief or a robber, and the sheep did not listen to any of them.
9. I am the gate. All who come in through me will be saved. Through me they will come and go and find pasture.
10. A thief comes only to rob, kill, and destroy. I came so that everyone would have life, and have it fully.
11. I am the good shepherd, and the good shepherd gives up his life for his sheep.
12. Hired workers are not like the shepherd. They don't own the sheep, and when they see a wolf coming, they run off and leave the sheep. Then the wolf attacks and scatters the flock.
13. Hired workers run away because they don't care about the sheep.
14. I am the good shepherd. I know my sheep, and they know me.