1 |Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbs up some other way, he is a thief and a robber.
2 |But he who enters by the door is a shepherd of the sheep.
3 |To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
4 |When he puts forth all his own, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice.
5 |A stranger they simply will not follow, but will flee from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers.|
6 This figure of speech Jesus spoke to them, but they did not understand what those things were which He had been saying to them.
7 So Jesus said to them again, |Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.
8 |All who came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them.
9 |I am the door; if anyone enters through Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.
10 |The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have [it] abundantly.
11 |I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.
12 |He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who is not the owner of the sheep, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters [them].
13 |[He flees] because he is a hired hand and is not concerned about the sheep.
14 |I am the good shepherd, and I know My own and My own know Me,
15 even as the Father knows Me and I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep.
16 |I have other sheep, which are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will hear My voice; and they will become one flock [with] one shepherd.
17 |For this reason the Father loves Me, because I lay down My life so that I may take it again.
18 |No one has taken it away from Me, but I lay it down on My own initiative. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This commandment I received from My Father.|
19 A division occurred again among the Jews because of these words.
20 Many of them were saying, |He has a demon and is insane. Why do you listen to Him?|
21 Others were saying, |These are not the sayings of one demon-possessed. A demon cannot open the eyes of the blind, can he?|
22 At that time the Feast of the Dedication took place at Jerusalem;
23 it was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple in the portico of Solomon.
24 The Jews then gathered around Him, and were saying to Him, |How long will You keep us in suspense? If You are the Christ, tell us plainly.|
25 Jesus answered them, |I told you, and you do not believe; the works that I do in My Father's name, these testify of Me.
26 |But you do not believe because you are not of My sheep.
27 |My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me;
28 and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand.
