John 10.1-10
Posted: 02 Nov 2006 @ 00:00
John 10.1-10
Jesus said to the Pharisees: 1‘Very truly, I tell you, anyone who does not
enter the sheepfold by the gate but climbs in by another way is a thief and a
bandit. 2The one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. 3The
gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep hear his voice. He calls his
own sheep by name and leads them out. 4When he has brought out all his own, he
goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice. 5They
will not follow a stranger, but they will run from him because they do not know
the voice of strangers.’ 6Jesus used this figure of speech with them, but they
did not understand what he was saying to them.
7So again Jesus said to them, ‘Very truly, I tell you, I am the gate for the
sheep. 8All who came before me are thieves and bandits; but the sheep did not
listen to them. 9I am the gate. Whoever enters by me will be saved, and will
come in and go out and find pasture. 10The thief comes only to steal and kill
and destroy. I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.’