John 10:1-18 ▼

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.

12 An hyrelyng, and he which is not the sheephearde, neither the sheepe are his owne, seeth the wolfe commyng, and leaueth the sheepe, and fleeth, and the wolfe catcheth, & scattereth the sheepe.

13 The hyrelyng fleeth, because he is an hyrelyng, and careth not for the sheepe.

14 I am the good sheepheard, & knowe my sheepe, and am knowen of myne.

15 As the father knoweth me, euen so, knowe I also the father: And I geue my lyfe for the sheepe.

16 And other sheepe I haue, which are not of this folde: them also must I bryng, & they shall heare my voyce, and there shalbe one folde, and one sheepehearde.

17 Therfore doth my father loue me, because I put my lyfe from me, that I myght take it agayne.

18 No man taketh it from me: but I put it away of my selfe. I haue power to put it from me, and I haue power to take it agayne. This commaundement haue I receaued of my father.