1: Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door
into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief
and a robber.
2: But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
3: To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he
calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.
4: And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and
the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.
5: And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for
they know not the voice of strangers.
6: This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what
things they were which he spake unto them.
7: Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you,
I am the door of the sheep.
8: All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep
did not hear them.
9: I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and
shall go in and out, and find pasture.
10: The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy:
I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
11: I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the
sheep.
12: But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the
sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth:
and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.
13: The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not
for the sheep.
14: I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.
15: As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay
down my life for the sheep.
16: And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I
must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold,
and one shepherd.
17: Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that
I might take it again.
18: No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power
to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have
I received of my Father.
19: There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings.
20: And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye
him?
21: Others said, These are not the words of him that hath a devil.
Can a devil open the eyes of the blind?
22: And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was
winter.
23: And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch.
24: Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long
dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly.
25: Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works
that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.
26: But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto
you.
27: My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
28: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish,
neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
29: My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man
is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.
30: I and my Father are one.
31: Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.
32: Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my
Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?
33: The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not;
but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.
34: Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye
are gods?
35: If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the
scripture cannot be broken;
36: Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the
world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?
37: If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.
38: But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that
ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.
39: Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of
their hand,
40: And went away again beyond Jordan into the place where John at
first baptized; and there he abode.
41: And many resorted unto him, and said, John did no miracle: but
all things that John spake of this man were true.
42: And many believed on him there.