1 “ For sure, I tell you, the man who goes into the sheep-pen some other way than through the door is one who steals and robs.

“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 T he shepherd of the sheep goes in through the door.

But he who enters by the door is a shepherd of the sheep.

3 T he one who watches the door opens it for him. The sheep listen to the voice of the shepherd. He calls his own sheep by name and he leads them out.

To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

4 W hen the shepherd walks ahead of them, they follow him because they know his voice.

When he puts forth all his own, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice.

5 T hey will not follow someone they do not know because they do not know his voice. They will run away from him.”

A stranger they simply will not follow, but will flee from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers.”

6 J esus told this picture-story to them. Yet they did not understand what He said. Jesus Is the Door

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 A gain Jesus said to them, “For sure, I tell you, I am the Door of the sheep.

So Jesus said to them again, “Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.

8 A ll others who came ahead of Me are men who steal and rob. The sheep did not obey them.

All who came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them.

9 I am the Door. Anyone who goes in through Me will be saved from the punishment of sin. He will go in and out and find food.

I am the door; if anyone enters through Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.

10 T he robber comes only to steal and to kill and to destroy. I came so they might have life, a great full life. Jesus Teaches about the Good Shepherd

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 gives His life for the sheep.

“ I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.

12 O ne who is hired to watch the sheep is not the shepherd. He does not own the sheep. He sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep. He runs away while the wolf gets the sheep and makes them run everywhere.

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 T he hired man runs away because he is hired. He does not care about the sheep.

He flees because he is a hired hand and is not concerned about the sheep.

14 “ I am the Good Shepherd. I know My sheep and My sheep know Me.

I am the good shepherd, and I know My own and My own know Me,

15 I know My Father as My Father knows Me. I give My life for the sheep.

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 from this sheep-pen. I must bring them also. They will listen to My voice. Then there will be one flock with one shepherd.

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 My Father loves Me. It is because I give My life that I might take it back again.

For this reason the Father loves Me, because I lay down My life so that I may take it again.

18 N o one takes my life from Me. I give it by Myself. I have the right and the power to take it back again. My Father has given Me this right and power.”

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 B ecause of what He said, the Jews did not agree in their thinking.

A division occurred again among the Jews because of these words.

20 M any of them said, “He has a demon and is crazy. Why listen to Him?”

Many of them were saying, “He has a demon and is insane. Why do you listen to Him?”

21 O thers said, “A man who has a demon does not talk this way. Can a demon open the eyes of a blind man?” Jesus Tells Who He Is

Others were saying, “These are not the sayings of one demon-possessed. A demon cannot open the eyes of the blind, can he?” Jesus Asserts His Deity

22 I t was time for the religious gathering of remembering how the house of God was opened in Jerusalem.

At that time the Feast of the Dedication took place at Jerusalem;

23 I t was winter and Jesus was there. He was walking in Solomon’s porch in the house of God.

it was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple in the portico of Solomon.

24 T he Jews gathered around Him. They said, “How long are You going to keep us in doubt? If You are the Christ, tell us.”

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 J esus answered, “I told you and you do not believe. The works I do in My Father’s name speak of Me.

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 Y ou do not believe because you are not My sheep.

But you do not believe because you are not of My sheep.

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

My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me;

28 I give them life that lasts forever. They will never be punished. No one is able to take them out of My hand.

and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand.

29 M y Father Who gave them to Me is greater than all. No one is able to take them out of My Father’s hand.

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

30 M y Father and I are one!” Jesus Talks to Angry Men

I and the Father are one.”

31 A gain the Jews picked up stones to throw at Him.

The Jews picked up stones again to stone Him.

32 J esus said to them, “Many good things have I shown you from My Father. For which of these things are you going to throw stones at Me?”

Jesus answered them, “I showed you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you stoning Me?”

33 T hey said, “We are not going to throw stones at You for any good work. It is because of the way You talk against God. It is because You make Yourself to be God when You are only a man.”

The Jews answered Him, “For a good work we do not stone You, but for blasphemy; and because You, being a man, make Yourself out to be God.”

34 J esus said to them, “Is it not written in your Law, ‘I said, you are gods’?

Jesus answered them, “Has it not been written in your Law, ‘ I said, you are gods ’?

35 T he Holy Writings were given to them and God called them gods. (The Word of God cannot be put aside.)

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

36 B ut God has set Me apart for Himself. He sent Me into the world. Then how can you say that I am speaking against God because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’?

do 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’?

37 I f I am not doing the works of My Father, do not believe Me.

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

38 B ut if I do them, even if you do not believe Me, believe the works that I do. Then you will know the Father is in Me and I am in Him.”

but if I do them, though you do not believe Me, believe the works, so that you may know and understand that the Father is in Me, and I in the Father.”

39 T hey tried again to take Him but He got out of their hands. Jesus Goes to the Other Side of the Jordan River

Therefore they were seeking again to seize Him, and He eluded their grasp.

40 J esus went away to the other side of the Jordan River to the place where John was baptizing people. Jesus stayed there.

And He went away again beyond the Jordan to the place where John was first baptizing, and He was staying there.

41 M any people came to Him and said, “John did no powerful work, but what John said about this Man is true.”

Many came to Him and were saying, “While John performed no sign, yet everything John said about this man was true.”

42 M any people put their trust in Jesus there.

Many believed in Him there.