The Gospel of John Chapter 10, verses 1 - 16
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Listening Practice:

Watch the video clip again and fill in the missing words from the dropdown box:


1 "I am telling you the ! The man who does not enter the sheep pen by the gate, but climbs in some other way is a thief and a !

2 The man who goes in through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.

3 The opens the gate for him; the sheep hear his voice as he calls his own sheep by name, and he them out.

4 When he has brought them out, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they know his .

5 They will not follow someone else: instead, they will run away from such a person because they do not know his voice."

6 Jesus told them this , but they did not understand what he meant.

7 So Jesus said again: "I am telling you the truth: I am the gate for the sheep. All others who came before me are and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.

9 I am the gate. Those who come in by me will be ; they will come in and go out and find .

10 The thief comes only in order to steal, kill, and destroy. I have come in order that you might have life, life in all its .

11 I am the good shepherd, who is willing to for the sheep.

12 When the hired man, who is not a shepherd and does not own the sheep, sees a coming, he leaves the sheep and runs away; so the wolf snatches the sheep and scatters them.

13 The man runs away because he is only a hired man and does not care about the sheep.

14-15 I am the good shepherd. As the Father knows me, and I know the Father, in the same way I know my sheep, and they know me. And I am to die for them.

16 There are other sheep which belong to me that are not in this sheep . I must bring them, too. They will to my voice and they will become one flock with one .

True or False Questions: Write True or False before each statement. If the statement is false, make a correct statement.

  1. Sheep don't know who their owners are.
  2. A hired person cares about sheep as much as an owner.
  3. Thieves like to steal.
  4. Jesus compares himself to a shepherd and a gatekeeper.
  5. Everyone who heard what He said understood what Jesus meant.

Matching exercise: Match the words on the left with the definitions on the right:

  1. wolf
  2. hired man
  3. robber
  4. pen
  5. gate
  6. snatch
  7. parable
  8. scatter
  • a. a low-level employee paid to do simple jobs
  • b. a small area of land surrounded by a fence and used to keep animals in
  • c. to take something quickly
  • d. to make something go in all directions
  • e. a brief, simple story told to illustrate a moral or religious truth
  • f. a wild, doglike animal that travels in groups
  • g. a moveable barrier that closes an open space in a wall, or fence
  • h. a thief

Completion exercise: Complete these sentences with words from the exercise above: (Hint: you may need to change the form of the word.)

  1. He tells that are meant to make you think.
  2. A in the fence opens into a flower garden.
  3. A with a hand gun held up the bank.
  4. hunt deer.
  5. The boy a piece of cake and ate it hungrily.
  6. He is a seasonal worker on a farm.
  7. He built a for his sheep.
  8. The newspapers in the wind.

Comprehension and discussion questions: Discuss these questions in your group or with a partner.

  1. List two dangers sheep faced in Jesus' day. What is one difference between a shepherd and a robber?
  2. What is a difference between a shepherd and a hired man?
  3. How do sheep recognize their shepherds?
  4. How are we like sheep?
  5. What did Jesus say about those who came before Him?
  6. Who were they?
  7. What did Jesus say He came to give to people?
  8. How can we get it?
  9. What does Jesus do for us that a shepherd does for the sheep?
  10. Who might be the "other sheep" that Jesus talks about in the last paragraph?
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