I Am the Good Shepherd
10 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door butclimbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber. 2 But he who enters bythe door is the shepherd of the sheep. 3 To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear hisvoice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 4 When he has brought outall his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. 5 yAstranger they will n...
I Am the Good Shepherd
10 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door butclimbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber. 2 But he who enters bythe door is the shepherd of the sheep. 3 To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear hisvoice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 4 When he has brought outall his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. 5 yAstranger they will not follow, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice ofstrangers.” 6 This figure of speech Jesus zused with them, but they adid not understandwhat he was saying to them.
7 So Jesus again said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, bI am the door of the sheep.8 All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. 9 Iam the door. If anyone enters by me, che will be saved and will go in and out and dfindpasture. 10 The thief comes only to steal and ekill and destroy. I came that they may havelife and have it abundantly. 11 fI am the good shepherd. The good shepherd glays down hislife for the sheep. 12 He who is ha hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own thesheep, sees the wolf coming and ileaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches themand jscatters them. 13 He flees because khe is a hired hand and lcares nothing for thesheep. 14 mI am the good shepherd. nI know my own and omy own know me, 15 pjust as theFather knows me and I know the Father; and qI lay down my life for the sheep. 16 And rIhave other sheep that are not of this fold. sI must bring them also, and tthey will listen tomy voice. So there will be uone flock, vone shepherd. 17 wFor this reason the Father lovesme, xbecause yI lay down my life that I may take it up again. 18 zNo one takes it from me,but yI lay it down aof my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and bI haveauthority to take it up again. cThis charge I have received from my Father.”
19 dThere was again a division among the Jews because of these words. 20 Many ofthem said, e“He has a demon, and fis insane; why listen to him?” 21 Others said, “These arenot the words of one who is oppressed by a demon. gCan a demon open the eyes of theblind?”
I and the Father Are One
22 At that time the Feast of Dedication took place at Jerusalem. It was winter, 23 andJesus was walking in the temple, hin the colonnade of Solomon. 24 So the Jews gatheredaround him and said to him, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are itheChrist, jtell us plainly.” 25 Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe. kTheworks that I do lin my Father's name bear witness about me, 26 but myou do not believebecause you are not among my sheep. 27 nMy sheep hear my voice, and I know them, andthey follow me. 28 oI give them eternal life, and pthey will never perish, and qno one willsnatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, rwho has given them to me,1 sis greater thanall, and no one is able to snatch them out of tthe Father's hand. 30 uI and the Father areone.”
31 vThe Jews picked up stones again to stone him. 32 Jesus answered them, “I haveshown you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you going to stoneme?” 33 The Jews answered him, “It is not for a good work that we are going to stone youbut wfor blasphemy, because you, being a man, xmake yourself God.” 34 Jesus answeredthem, “Is it not written in yyour Law, z‘I said, you are gods’? 35 If he called them gods towhom the word of God came—and Scripture cannot be abroken— 36 do you say of himwhom bthe Father consecrated and csent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ becausedI said, ‘I am the Son of God’? 37 eIf I am not doing the works of my Father, then do notbelieve me; 38 but if I do them, feven though you do not believe me, believe the works, thatyou may know and understand that gthe Father is in me and I am in the Father.” 39 hAgainthey sought to arrest him, but he escaped from their hands.
40 He went away again across the Jordan to the place iwhere John had been baptizingat first, and there he remained. 41 And many came to him. And they said, “John did no sign,but jeverything that John said about this man was true.” 42 And kmany believed in himthere.
