The gatekeeper opens for him, and the sheep hear his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
In context
1“Very truly I tell you, whoever does not enter the sheepfold by the gate, but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a bandit. 2The one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. 3The gatekeeper opens for him, and the sheep hear his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 4When he has brought out all his own, he walks ahead of them, and the sheep follow him, because they know his voice. 5A stranger they will never follow; they will run from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers.”
