By the Gate

10 “Very truly I tell you Pharisees,

anyone who does not enter the sheep

 pen by the gate, but climbs in by some other way,

is a thief and a robber. ² The one who enters by the gate

is the shepherd of the sheep. 

³ The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep

listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep

by name and leads them out. 

⁴ When he has brought out all his own,

he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep

follow him because they know his voice. 

⁵ But they will never follow a stranger;

in fact, they will run away from him

because they do not recognize

a stranger’s voice.” 

⁶ Jesus used this figure of speech, 

but the Pharisees did not

understand what he

was telling

them.

John 10

…by the

Gate,

Jesus,

The Good Shepherd