✧1“Most certainly, I tell you, one who doesn’t enter by the door into the sheep fold, but climbs up some other way, is a thief and a robber. Copy✧2But one who enters in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. Copy✧3The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. Copy✧4Whenever he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. Copy✧5They will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him; for they don’t know the voice of strangers.” Copy✧6Jesus spoke this parable to them, but they didn’t understand what he was telling them. Copy✧7Jesus therefore said to them again, “Most certainly, I tell you, I am the sheep’s door. Copy✧8All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep didn’t listen to them. Copy