John 10:3-16 The Scriptures 1998 (ISR98)

3. “The doorkeeper opens for him, and the sheep hear his voice. And he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

4. “And when he has brought out his own sheep, he goes before them. And the sheep follow him, because they know his voice.

5. “And they shall by no means follow a stranger, but shall flee from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers.”

6. יהושע used this figure of speech, but they did not know what He had been saying to them.

7. יהושע therefore said to them again, “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 hear them.

9. “I am the door. Whoever enters through Me, he shall be saved, and shall go in and shall go out and find pasture.

10. “The thief does not come except to steal, and to slaughter, and to destroy. I have come that they might possess life, and that they might possess it beyond measure.

11. “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.

12. “But the hireling, and not being a shepherd, one who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees. And the wolf snatches the sheep and scatters them.

13. “Now the hireling flees because he is a hireling and is not concerned about the sheep.

14. “I am the good shepherd. And I know Mine, and Mine know Me,

15. even as the Father knows Me, and I know the Father. And I lay down My life for the sheep.

16. “And other sheep I have which are not of this fold – I have to bring them as well, and they shall hear My voice, and there shall be one flock, one shepherd.

John 10