6-10 Jesus told this simple story, but they had no idea what he was talking about. So he tried again. “I’ll be explicit, then. I am the Gate for the sheep. All those others are up to no good—sheep rustlers, every one of them. But the sheep didn’t listen to them. I am the Gate. Anyone who goes through me will be cared for—will freely go in and out, and find pasture. A thief is only there to steal and kill and destroy. I came so they can have real and eternal life, more and better life than they ever dreamed of.

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Jesus used this figure of speech,(A) but the Pharisees did not understand what he was telling them.(B)

Therefore Jesus said again, “Very truly I tell you, I am(C) the gate(D) for the sheep. All who have come before me(E) are thieves and robbers,(F) but the sheep have not listened to them. I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved.[a] They will come in and go out, and find pasture. 10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life,(G) and have it to the full.(H)

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Footnotes

  1. John 10:9 Or kept safe