John 10:1-7

I Am the Good Shepherd

¹ "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber. ² But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. ³ To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. ⁴ When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. ⁵ _y A stranger they will not follow, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers." ⁶ This figure of speech Jesus _z used with them, but they _a did not understand what he was saying to them.

⁷ So Jesus again said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, _b I am the door of the sheep.

1. Cross References
   John 10:12 - 13
   He who is a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them.
   
2. Cross References
   John 9:40
   Some of the Pharisees near him heard these things, and said to him, "Are we also blind?
   
3. Cross References
   Mark 9:32
   But they did not understand the saying, and were afraid to ask him.
   
4. Cross References
   John 10:9
   I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture.
   John 14:6
   Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
   Ephesians 2:18
   For through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father.