The one who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

Because he is a hired hand and is not concerned about the sheep, he runs away.

But you refuse to believe because you are not my sheep.

“Watch out for false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are voracious wolves.

So Jesus said to them again, “I tell you the solemn truth, I am the door for the sheep.

“I tell you the solemn truth, the one who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber.

“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

just as the Father knows me and I know the Father – and I lay down my life for the sheep.

Now may the God of peace who by the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep, our Lord Jesus Christ,