₁Jesus said, “I am telling you the truth: the man who does not enter the sheepfold by the gate, but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber. ₂The man who goes in through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. ₃The gatekeeper opens the gate for him; the sheep hear his voice as he calls his own sheep by name, and he leads them out. ₄When he has brought them out, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him, because they know his voice. ₅They will not follow someone else; instead, they will run away from such a person, because they do not know his voice.”

₆Jesus told them this parable, but they did not understand what he meant.

₇So Jesus said again, “I am telling you the truth: I am the gate for the sheep. ₈All others who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. ₉I am the gate. Whoever comes in by me will be saved; they will come in and go out and find pasture. ₁₀The thief comes only in order to steal, kill, and destroy. I have come in order that you might have life — life in all its fullness.