^{1 Ref} Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.

^{2 Ref} But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

^{3 Ref} To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.

^{4 Ref} When he hath put forth all his own, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.

^{5 Ref} And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.

^{6 Ref} This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.

^{7 Ref} Jesus therefore said unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.

^{8 Ref} All that came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.

^{9 Ref} I am the door; by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and go out, and shall find pasture.

^{10 Ref} The thief cometh not, but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I came that they may have life, and may have `it' abundantly.

^{11 Ref} I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd layeth down his life for the sheep.

^{12 Ref} He that is a hireling, and not a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, beholdeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth, and the wolf snatcheth them, and scattereth `them':

^{13 Ref} `he fleeth' because he is a hireling, and careth not for the sheep.

^{14 Ref} I am the good shepherd; and I know mine own, and mine own know me,

^{15 Ref} even as the Father knoweth me, and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.

^{16 Ref} And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice: and they shall become one flock, one shepherd.

^{17 Ref} Therefore doth the Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.

^{18 Ref} No one taketh it away from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment received I from my Father.