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John 10:1, 2, 12

John 10:1 NIV

“Very truly I tell you Pharisees, anyone who does not enter the sheep pen by the gate, but climbs in by some other way, is a thief and a robber.

John 10:2 NIV

The one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.

John 10:12 NIV

The hired hand is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep. So when he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters it.