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The '''Good Shepherd''' is a very powerful, highly original concept unique to the [[Gospel of John]], specifically the [[pericope]] at {{bibleref|John|10|1–18}} ([[ESV]]).  In less than 400 words in length, this includes much of the essence of [[Christianity]]:

The '''Good Shepherd''' is a very powerful, highly original [[allegory]] unique to the [[Gospel of John]], specifically the [[pericope]] at {{bibleref|John|10|1–18}} ([[ESV]]).  In less than 400 words in length, this conveys much of the essence of [[Christianity]]:

{{cquote|¹ “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber. ² But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. ³ To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. ⁴ When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. ⁵ A stranger they will not follow, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.” ⁶ This figure of speech Jesus used with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.

{{cquote|¹ “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber. ² But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. ³ To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. ⁴ When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. ⁵ A stranger they will not follow, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.” ⁶ This figure of speech Jesus used with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.