⁷Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.

 ⁸All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.

 ⁹I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.

 ¹⁰The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

 ¹¹I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.

 ¹²But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.

 ¹³The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.

 ¹⁴I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.

 ¹⁵As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.

 ¹⁶And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.

 ¹⁷Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.

 ¹⁸No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father. (John 10:7-18, King James Version)