John 10:7-14

7so he explained it to them: “I tell you the truth, I am the gate for the sheep.

8All who came before me were thieves and robbers. But the true sheep did not listen to them.

9Yes, I am the gate. Those who come in through me will be saved. They will come and go freely and will find good pastures.

10The thief’s purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life.

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

12A hired hand will run when he sees a wolf coming. He will abandon the sheep because they don’t belong to him and he isn’t their shepherd. And so the wolf attacks them and scatters the flock.

13The hired hand runs away because he’s working only for the money and doesn’t really care about the sheep.

14“I am the good shepherd; I know my own sheep, and they know me,