Jesus the Good Shepherd
(Psalm 23:1–6; Ezekiel 34:11–24)

1Veryly, veryly, I say vnto you: He that entreth not in by ye doore into the sheepfolde, but clymeth vp some other way, the same is a thiefe, and a robber. 2But he that entreth in by the doore, is the sheephearde of the sheepe. 3To hym the porter openeth, and the sheepe heare his voyce, and he calleth his owne sheepe by name, and leadeth them out. 4And when he hath sent foorth his owne sheepe, he goeth before them, and the sheepe folowe hym: for they knowe his voyce. 5A straunger wyll they not folowe, but wyll flee from hym: for they knowe not the voyce of straungers. 6This prouerbe spake Iesus vnto them: But they vnderstoode not what thynges they were, which he spake vnto them.

7Then sayde Iesus vnto them againe. Ueryly, veryly, I say vnto you: I am the doore of the sheepe. 8All, euen as many as came before me, are thieues and robbers: but the sheepe dyd not heare them. 9I am the doore: by me yf any man enter in, he shalbe safe, and shall go in and out, and fynde pasture. 10A thiefe commeth not, but for to steale, kyll, & to destroy: I am come, that they myght haue lyfe, and that they myght haue it more aboundauntly.

11I am the good sheephearde. A good sheephearde, geueth his lyfe for the sheepe. 12An hyrelyng, and he which is not the sheephearde, neither the sheepe are his owne, seeth the wolfe commyng, and leaueth the sheepe, and fleeth, and the wolfe catcheth, & scattereth the sheepe. 13The hyrelyng fleeth, because he is an hyrelyng, and careth not for the sheepe. 14I am the good sheepheard, & knowe my sheepe, and am knowen of myne. 15As the father knoweth me, euen so, knowe I also the father: And I geue my lyfe for the sheepe. 16And other sheepe I haue, which are not of this folde: them also must I bryng, & they shall heare my voyce, and there shalbe one folde, and one sheepehearde. 17Therfore doth my father loue me, because I put my lyfe from me, that I myght take it agayne. 18No man taketh it from me: but I put it away of my selfe. I haue power to put it from me, and I haue power to take it agayne. This commaundement haue I receaued of my father.

19There was a discention therefore agayne among the Iewes, for these sayinges. 20And many of them sayde: He hath the deuyll, & is mad, why heare ye him? 21Other sayd: These are not ye wordes of hym that hath the deuyll. Can the deuyll open the eyes of the blynde?

Jesus at the Feast of Dedication

22And it was at Hierusalem, the feast of the dedication, and it was wynter. 23And Iesus walked in the temple, euen in Solomons porche. 24Then came the Iewes rounde about hym, and sayde vnto hym: Howe long doest thou make vs doubt? Yf thou be Christe, tell vs playnely. 25Iesus aunswered them: I tolde you, and ye beleue not. The workes that I do in my fathers name, they beare witnesse of me. 26But ye beleue not, because ye are not of my sheepe, as I sayde vnto you. 27My sheepe heare my voyce, and I knowe them, and they folowe me: 28And I geue vnto them eternall lyfe, and they shal neuer perishe, neither shal any man plucke them out of my hande. 29My father which gaue them me, is greater then all: and no man is able to take them out of my fathers hande. 30I and my father are one.

31Then the Iewes agayne toke vp stones, to stone hym withall. 32Iesus aunswered them, Many good workes haue I shewed you from my father: for which of the do ye stone me? 33The Iewes aunswered hym, saying: For thy good workes sake we stone thee not, but for thy blasphemie, and because that thou beyng a man, makest thy selfe God. 34Iesus aunswered them: Is it not written in your lawe, I sayde, ye are Gods? 35If he called them Gods, vnto whom the worde of God was spoken, and the scripture can not be broken: 36Say ye of hym whom the father hath sanctified and sent into the worlde, thou blasphemest, because I saide I am the sonne of God? 37Yf I do not the workes of my father, beleue me not: 38But yf I do, and yf ye beleue not me, beleue the workes: that ye may knowe and beleue, that the father is in me, and I in hym. 39Agayne they went about to take hym: and he escaped out of their hande,

John’s Testimony Confirmed

40And went away againe beyonde Iordane, into the place where Iohn before had baptized, and there he abode. 41And many resorted vnto hym, and sayde: Iohn dyd no miracle, but all thynges that Iohn spake of this man were true. 42And many beleued on hym there.