John 10:7-14

7Jesus said again, “Truly I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep.

8All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep didn’t listen to them.

9I am the gate. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will come in and go out and find pasture.

10A thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come so that they may have life and have it in abundance.

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

12The hired hand, since he is not the shepherd and doesn’t own the sheep, leaves them and runs away when he sees a wolf coming. The wolf then snatches and scatters them.

13This happens because he is a hired hand and doesn’t care about the sheep.

14“I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and my own know me,