John 10:7-21 - Jesus The Good Shepherd
7 So Jesus said to them again: "I most solemnly say to you, I am the door to the sheepfold myself. 8 All who came as such before me are thieves and robbers, but the true sheep would not listen to them. 9 I am the door myself. Whoever enters through me will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. 10 A thief does not come for any purpose but to steal and kill and destroy; I have come for people to have life and have it till it overflows.
11 I am the good shepherd myself. The good shepherd gives his own life for his sheep. 12 The hired man, who is not a shepherd and does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away, and the wolf carries off some of the sheep and scatters the flock. 13 This is because he is a hired man and does not care a straw for the sheep.
14 I am the good shepherd myself. I know my sheep and my sheep know me, 15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father, and I am giving my own life for my sheep. 16 I have other sheep too that do not belong to this fold. I must lead them too, and they will listen to my voice, and all my sheep will become one flock with one shepherd. 17 This is why the Father loves me, because I am giving my own life to take it back again. 18 No one has taken it from me, but I am giving it as a free gift. I have the right to give it and I have the right to take it back. I have gotten this order from my Father."
19 These words again led to a difference of opinion among the Jews. 20 Many of them said, "He is under the power of a demon and is going crazy. Why are you listening to Him?" 21 Others said, "These are not the words of a man who is under the power of a demon. A demon cannot make the eyes of the blind see, can he?"