4 After he has brought out all his sheep, he walks ahead of them. The sheep follow him because they recognize his voice.
5 They won’t follow a stranger. Instead, they will run away from a stranger because they don’t recognize his voice.”
6 Jesus used this illustration as he talked to the people, but they didn’t understand what he meant.
7 Jesus emphasized, “I can guarantee this truth: I am the gate for the sheep.
8 All who came before I did were thieves or robbers. However, the sheep didn’t respond to them.
9 I am the gate. Those who enter the sheep pen through me will be saved. They will go in and out of the sheep pen and find food.
10 A thief comes to steal, kill, and destroy. But I came so that my sheep will have life and so that they will have everything they need.