'I am the Good Shepherd,'
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Jn 10:1: Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
Jn 10:2: But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
Jn 10:3: To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.
Jn 10:4: And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.
Jn 10:5: And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.
Jn 10:6: This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.
Jn 10:7: Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.
Jn 10:8: All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
Jn 10:9: I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
Jn 10:10: The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
Jn 10:11: I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
Jn 10:12: But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.
Jn 10:13: The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.
Jn 10:14: I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.
Jn 10:15: As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.
Jn 10:16: And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.
Jn 10:17: Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.
Jn 10:18: No man taketh it 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 have I received of my Father.
Jn 10:19: There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings.
Jn 10:20: And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him?
Jn 10:21: Others said, These are not the words of him that hath a devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind?