1"Truly, truly, I tell you, one who does not enter by the door into the sheep fold, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.stylusMatthew 7:15, Matthew 7:15, Romans 16:18, John 10:8, John 10:102But one who enters in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.stylusJohn 10:14, John 10:14, Acts 20:28, Acts 20:28, Psalms 23:13The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out.stylusEzekiel 34:11, Ezekiel 34:16, Ezekiel 34:11, Ezekiel 34:16, 2 Timothy 2:194Whenever he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.stylusDeuteronomy 1:30, Deuteronomy 1:30, John 10:16, John 10:16, John 12:265They will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him; for they do not know the voice of strangers."stylusColossians 2:6, Colossians 2:10, 1 John 4:5, 1 John 4:6, Colossians 2:66Jesus spoke this parable to them, but they did not understand what he was telling them.stylusIsaiah 56:11, Isaiah 56:11, Proverbs 28:5, Psalms 82:5, Proverbs 28:57Jesus therefore said to them again, "Truly, truly, I tell you, I am the sheep's door.stylusJohn 14:6, John 14:6, Ephesians 2:18, Ephesians 2:18, John 10:18All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.stylusEzekiel 34:2, Ezekiel 34:2, Jeremiah 23:1, John 10:1, Jeremiah 23:19I am the door. If anyone enters in by me, he will be saved, and will go in and go out, and will find pasture.stylusJohn 14:6, John 14:6, Ephesians 2:18, Ephesians 2:18, John 10:710The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.stylusLuke 19:10, Luke 19:10, John 6:51, John 6:51, John 12:4711I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.stylusJohn 10:14, John 10:15, John 10:14, John 10:15, Psalms 23:112He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, leaves the sheep, and flees. The wolf snatches the sheep, and scatters them.stylus2 Peter 2:3, 2 Peter 2:3, Zechariah 11:16, Zechariah 11:17, Ezekiel 34:213The hired hand flees because he is a hired hand, and does not care for the sheep.stylusJohn 12:6, Philippians 2:20, John 12:6, Philippians 2:20, Acts 18:1714I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and my own know me;stylusJohn 10:27, John 10:27, 2 Timothy 2:19, 2 Timothy 2:19, John 10:1115even as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. I lay down my life for the sheep.stylusJohn 10:11, John 10:11, Galatians 1:4, Galatians 1:4, Isaiah 53:1016I have other sheep, which are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will hear my voice. They will become one flock with one shepherd.stylusIsaiah 56:8, Isaiah 56:8, 1 Peter 2:25, John 11:52, 1 Peter 2:2517Therefore the Father loves me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.stylusJohn 10:18, John 10:11, John 10:18, John 10:11, Hebrews 2:918No one takes it away from me, but I lay it down by myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. I received this commandment from my Father."stylusHebrews 2:9, Hebrews 2:9, Titus 2:14, John 2:19, John 2:2119Therefore a division arose again among the Jewish people because of these words.stylusJohn 9:16, John 9:16, Acts 14:4, 1 Corinthians 3:3, Acts 23:720Many of them said, "He has a demon, and is insane! Why do you listen to him?"stylusJohn 7:20, John 7:20, Mark 3:21, Mark 3:21, John 8:4721Others said, "These are not the sayings of one possessed by a demon. It is not possible for a demon to open the eyes of the blind, is it?"stylusExodus 4:11, Exodus 4:11, Psalms 94:9, Isaiah 35:5, Isaiah 35:622It was the Feast of the Dedication at Jerusalem.stylus23It was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple, in Solomon's porch.stylusActs 5:12, Acts 5:12, Acts 3:11, Acts 3:1124The Jewish leaders therefore came around him and said to him, "How long will you hold us in suspense? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly."stylusLuke 22:67, Luke 22:70, John 1:19, Luke 22:67, Luke 22:7025Jesus answered them, "I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in my Father's name, these testify about me.stylusJohn 10:38, John 10:38, John 8:58, John 8:58, John 5:1726But you do not believe, because you are not of my sheep.stylusJohn 8:47, John 8:47, John 10:27, John 10:27, John 6:3727My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.stylusJohn 10:16, John 10:16, John 10:14, John 10:14, Revelation 3:2028I give eternal life to them. They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.stylusJohn 6:39, John 6:40, John 6:39, John 6:40, John 6:3729My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all. No one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand.stylusJohn 6:37, John 6:37, John 17:9, John 17:9, John 14:2830I and the Father are one."stylusJohn 1:1, John 1:2, John 1:1, John 1:2, John 14:931Therefore the Jewish leaders took up stones again to stone him.stylusJohn 8:59, John 5:18, John 8:59, John 5:18, John 11:832Jesus answered them, "I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of those works do you stone me?"stylusJohn 5:36, 2 Chronicles 24:20, 2 Chronicles 24:22, John 10:37, Ecclesiastes 4:433The Jewish leaders answered him, "We do not stone you for a good work, but for blasphemy: because you, being a man, make yourself God."stylusJohn 5:18, John 5:18, Leviticus 24:16, Leviticus 24:16, John 10:3034Jesus answered them, "Is not it written in your law, 'I said, you are gods?'stylusPsalms 82:6, Psalms 82:7, Psalms 82:6, Psalms 82:7, Exodus 7:135If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture cannot be broken),stylusMatthew 24:35, Matthew 24:35, Romans 13:1, Romans 13:1, Luke 24:4436do you say of him whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, 'You blaspheme,' because I said, 'I am the Son of God?'stylusJohn 5:17, John 5:18, John 3:17, John 5:17, John 5:1837If I do not do the works of my Father, do not believe me.stylusJohn 15:24, John 15:24, John 10:25, John 10:25, John 12:3738But if I do them, though you do not believe me, believe the works; that you may know and understand that the Father is in me, and I in the Father."stylusJohn 14:20, John 14:20, John 10:30, John 10:25, John 10:3039They sought again to seize him, and he went out of their hand.stylusJohn 7:30, John 7:30, John 8:59, John 8:59, John 7:4440He went away again beyond the Jordan into the place where John was baptizing at first, and there he stayed.stylusJohn 1:28, John 1:28, John 11:54, John 3:26, John 7:141Many came to him. They said, "John indeed did no sign, but everything that John said about this man is true."stylusJohn 1:33, John 1:34, John 1:29, John 1:30, John 1:3342And many believed in him there.stylusJohn 4:41, John 4:41, John 2:23, John 7:31, John 12:42