John 10:1-6

New American Standard Bible 1995

Parable of the Good Shepherd

10 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbs up some other way, he is ^(A)a thief and a robber. ² But he who enters by the door is ^(B)a shepherd of the sheep. ³ To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear ^(C)his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and ^(D)leads them out. ⁴ When he puts forth all his own, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they know ^(E)his voice. ⁵ A stranger they simply will not follow, but will flee from him, because they do not know ^(F)the voice of strangers.” ⁶ This ^(G)figure of speech Jesus spoke to them, but they did not understand what those things were which He had been saying to them.