John 10 — The Good Shepherd | Scripture Song from the Gospel of John

"I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep." — John 10:11 Chapter 10 of 21. The Gospel of John, sung. This one is almost entirely in the first person. Nine chapters of people arguing about who He is, and then He simply says it: I am the door, I am the good shepherd. The claim is not that He is kind. It is that He knows the sheep by name, goes before them, and lays the life down Himself — no man takes it from Him. The hireling is in here too, running while the wolf comes, because without him the word good has nothing to stand against. Haegeum carries the lead melody over sparse gayageum arpeggios and low sustained strings, in a slow 6/8 that never hurries, and the door in the wall is the same door in every shot until someone walks through it. ── LYRICS ── He that entereth not by the door is a thief and a robber He that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep To him the porter openeth, and the sheep hear His voice He calleth His own sheep by name and leadeth them out And when He putteth them forth, He goeth before them A stranger will they not follow, for they know not his voice I am the good shepherd, the good shepherd giveth His life I am the good shepherd, and I know My sheep I lay down My life, I lay it down for the sheep I am the good shepherd, and I am known of Mine Verily I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep By Me if any man enter in, he shall be saved He shall go in and out, and he shall find pasture The thief cometh not but to steal, and to kill, and to destroy I am come that they might have life more abundantly But the hireling seeth the wolf coming, and he fleeth away The wolf catcheth them and scattereth the sheep He careth not for the sheep, because he is an hireling And other sheep I have which are not of this fold Them also I must bring, and they shall hear My voice There shall be one fold, and there shall be one shepherd No man taketh My life from Me, I lay it down Myself My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me I give unto them eternal life, they shall never perish Neither shall any man pluck them out of My hand My Father, which gave them Me, is greater than all I am the good shepherd, the good shepherd giveth His life I and My Father are one ── ABOUT ── Lyrics paraphrased from John 10, using the vocabulary of the King James Version. Music and visuals created with the assistance of AI. "Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit." — John 12:24 Grain of Wheat — 21 chapters, 21 songs.