1 “ Most assuredly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.

2 B ut he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

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

To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.

4 A nd when he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.

When he hath put forth all his own, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.

5 Y et they will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.”

And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.

6 J esus used this illustration, but they did not understand the things which He spoke to them. Jesus the Good Shepherd

This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.

7 T hen Jesus said to them again, “Most assuredly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.

Jesus therefore said unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.

8 A ll who ever came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them.

All that came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.

9 I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.

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

10 T he thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.

The thief cometh not, but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

11 “ I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep.

I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd layeth down his life for the sheep.

12 B ut a hireling, he who is not the shepherd, one who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf catches the sheep and scatters them.

He that is a hireling, and not a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, beholdeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth, and the wolf snatcheth them, and scattereth them:

13 T he hireling flees because he is a hireling and does not care about the sheep.

he fleeth because he is a hireling, and careth not for the sheep.

14 I am the good shepherd; and I know My sheep, and am known by My own.

I am the good shepherd; and I know mine own, and mine own know me,

15 A s the Father knows Me, even so I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep.

even as the Father knoweth me, and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.

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

And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice: and they shall become one flock, one shepherd.

17 “ Therefore My Father loves Me, because I lay down My life that I may take it again.

Therefore doth the Father love 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 power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This command I have received from My Father.”

No one taketh it away 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 received I from my Father.

19 T herefore there was a division again among the Jews because of these sayings.

There arose a division again among the Jews because of these words.

20 A nd many of them said, “He has a demon and is mad. Why do you listen to Him?”

And many of them said, He hath a demon, and is mad; why hear ye him?

21 O thers said, “These are not the words of one who has a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?” The Shepherd Knows His Sheep

Others said, These are not the sayings of one possessed with a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?

22 N ow it was the Feast of Dedication in Jerusalem, and it was winter.

And it was the feast of the dedication at Jerusalem:

23 A nd Jesus walked in the temple, in Solomon’s porch.

it was winter; and Jesus was walking in the temple in Solomon's porch.

24 T hen the Jews surrounded Him and said to Him, “How long do You keep us in doubt? If You are the Christ, tell us plainly.”

The Jews therefore came round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou hold us in suspense? If thou art the Christ, tell us plainly.

25 J esus answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in My Father’s name, they bear witness of Me.

Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believe not: the works that I do in my Father's name, these bear witness of me.

26 B ut you do not believe, because you are not of My sheep, as I said to you.

But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep.

27 M y sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.

My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:

28 A nd I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand.

and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand.

29 M y Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father’s hand.

My Father, who hath given them unto me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand.

30 I and My Father are one.” Renewed Efforts to Stone Jesus

I and the Father are one.

31 T hen the Jews took up stones again to stone Him.

The Jews took up stones again to stone him.

32 J esus answered them, “Many good works I have shown you from My Father. For which of those works do you stone Me?”

Jesus answered them, Many good works have I showed you from the Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?

33 T he Jews answered Him, saying, “For a good work we do not stone You, but for blasphemy, and because You, being a Man, make Yourself God.”

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

34 J esus answered them, “Is it not written in your law, ‘I said, “You are gods”’?

Jesus 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),

If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came (and the scripture cannot be broken),

36 d o you say of Him whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’?

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

37 I f I do not do the works of My Father, do not believe Me;

If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.

38 b ut if I do, though you do not believe Me, believe the works, that you may know and believe that the Father is in Me, and I in Him.”

But if I do them, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know and understand that the Father is in me, and I in the Father.

39 T herefore they sought again to seize Him, but He escaped out of their hand. The Believers Beyond Jordan

They sought again to take him: and he went forth out of their hand.

40 A nd He went away again beyond the Jordan to the place where John was baptizing at first, and there He stayed.

And he went away again beyond the Jordan into the place where John was at the first baptizing; and there be abode.

41 T hen many came to Him and said, “John performed no sign, but all the things that John spoke about this Man were true.”

And many came unto him; and they said, John indeed did no sign: but all things whatsoever John spake of this man were true.

42 A nd many believed in Him there.

And many believed on him there.