1 V erily, verily, I say to you, He that enters not in by the door to the fold of the sheep, but mounts up elsewhere, he is a thief and a robber;

2 b ut he that enters in by the door is shepherd of the sheep.

3 T o him the porter opens; and the sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out.

4 W hen he has put forth all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, because they know his voice.

5 B ut they will not follow a stranger, but will flee from him, because they know not the voice of strangers.

6 T his allegory spoke Jesus to them, but they did not know what it was which he spoke to them.

7 J esus therefore said again to them, Verily, verily, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.

8 A ll whoever came before me are thieves and robbers; but the sheep did not hear them.

9 I am the door: if any one enter in by me, he shall be saved, and shall go in and shall go out and shall find pasture.

10 T he thief comes not but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I am come that they might have life, and might have abundantly.

11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep:

12 b ut he who serves for wages, and who is not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf seizes them and scatters the sheep.

13 N ow he who serves for wages flees because he serves for wages, and is not himself concerned about the sheep.

14 I am the good shepherd; and I know those that are mine, and am known of those that are mine,

15 a s the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.

16 A nd I have other sheep which are not of this fold: those also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one flock, one shepherd.

17 O n this account the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it again.

18 N o one takes it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have authority to lay it down and I have authority to take it again. I have received this commandment of my Father.

19 T here was a division again among the Jews on account of these words;

20 b ut many of them said, He has a demon and raves; why do ye hear him?

21 O thers said, These sayings are not of one that is possessed by a demon. Can a demon open blind people's eyes?

22 N ow the feast of the dedication was celebrating at Jerusalem, and it was winter.

23 A nd Jesus walked in the temple in the porch of Solomon.

24 T he Jews therefore surrounded him, and said to him, Until when dost thou hold our soul in suspense? If thou art the Christ, say to us openly.

25 J esus answered them, I told you, and ye do not believe. The works which I do in my Father's name, these bear witness concerning me:

26 b ut ye do not believe, for ye are not of my sheep, as I told you.

27 M y sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me;

28 a nd I give them life eternal; and they shall never perish, and no one shall seize them out of my hand.

29 M y Father who has given to me is greater than all, and no one can seize out of the hand of my Father.

30 I and the Father are one.

31 T he Jews therefore again took stones that they might stone him.

32 J esus answered them, Many good works have I shewn you of my Father; for which work of them do ye stone me?

33 T he Jews answered him, For a good work we stone thee not, but for blasphemy, and because thou, being a man, makest thyself God.

34 J esus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?

35 I f he called them gods to whom the word of God came (and the scripture cannot be broken),

36 d o ye say of him whom the Father has sanctified and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest, because I said, I am Son of God?

37 I f I do not the works of my Father, believe me not;

38 b ut if I do, even if ye believe not me, believe the works, that ye may know that the Father is in me and I in him.

39 T hey sought therefore again to take him; and he went away from out of their hand

40 a nd departed again beyond the Jordan to the place where John was baptising at the first: and he abode there.

41 A nd many came to him, and said, John did no sign; but all things which John said of this were true.

42 A nd many believed on him there.