John 10:1-11 ▼

1 Veryly, veryly, I say vnto you: He that entreth not in by ye doore into the sheepfolde, but clymeth vp some other way, the same is a thiefe, and a robber.

2 But he that entreth in by the doore, is the sheephearde of the sheepe.

3 To hym the porter openeth, and the sheepe heare his voyce, and he calleth his owne sheepe by name, and leadeth them out.

4 And when he hath sent foorth his owne sheepe, he goeth before them, and the sheepe folowe hym: for they knowe his voyce.

5 A straunger wyll they not folowe, but wyll flee from hym: for they knowe not the voyce of straungers.

6 This prouerbe spake Iesus vnto them: But they vnderstoode not what thynges they were, which he spake vnto them.

7 Then sayde Iesus vnto them againe. Ueryly, veryly, I say vnto you: I am the doore of the sheepe.

8 All, euen as many as came before me, are thieues and robbers: but the sheepe dyd not heare them.

9 I am the doore: by me yf any man enter in, he shalbe safe, and shall go in and out, and fynde pasture.

10 A thiefe commeth not, but for to steale, kyll, & to destroy: I am come, that they myght haue lyfe, and that they myght haue it more aboundauntly.

11 I am the good sheephearde. A good sheephearde, geueth his lyfe for the sheepe.