1. “I tell you the solemn truth, the one who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber.
2. The one who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
3. The doorkeeper opens the door for him, and the sheep hear his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
4. When he has brought all his own sheep out, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they recognize his voice.
5. They will never follow a stranger, but will run away from him, because they do not recognize the stranger’s voice.”
6. Jesus told them this parable, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.
7. So Jesus said to them again, “I tell you the solemn truth, I am the door for the sheep.
8. All who came before me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.
9. I am the door. If anyone enters through me, he will be saved, and will come in and go out, and find pasture.
10. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come so that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.
11. “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.