Scripture Passage: - John 10:1-15
[1] “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber.
[2] But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
[3] To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
[4] When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.
[5] A stranger they will not follow, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.”
[6] This figure of speech Jesus used with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.
[7] So Jesus again said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.
[8] All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.
[9] I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture.
[10] The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.
[11] I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
[12] He who is a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them.
[13] He flees because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for 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.
