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.