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1 “Most certainly, I
tell you, one
who doesn’t
enter by the
door into the
sheep fold, but climbs
up some other
way, is a
thief and a
robber.
2 But one who
enters in by
the door is
the shepherd of
the sheep.
3 The gatekeeper opens the gate
for him, and
the sheep listen
to his voice.
He calls his
own sheep by
name and leads
them out.
4 Whenever he
brings out his
own sheep, he
goes before them;
and the sheep
follow him, for
they know his
voice.
5 They will by
no means follow
a stranger, but
will flee from
him; for
they don’t know
the voice
of strangers.”
6 Jesus
spoke this parable
to them, but
they didn’t
understand what he
was telling them.
7 Jesus
therefore said to
them again,
“Most certainly, I tell
you, I am
the sheep’s door.
8 All who came
before me are
thieves and
robbers, but the
sheep didn’t listen
to them.
9 I am the
door. If anyone
enters in by
me, he will
be saved, and
will go in
and go out
and will find
pasture.
10 The thief only
comes to steal,
kill, and destroy.
I came that
they may have
life, and may
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 doesn’t
own the sheep,
sees the wolf
coming, leaves the
sheep, and flees.
The wolf snatches
the sheep and
scatters them.
13 The hired
hand flees because
he is a
hired hand
and doesn’t care
for the sheep.
14 I am the
good shepherd. I
know my own,
and I’m known
by my own;
15 even as the
Father knows me,
and I know
the Father. 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. They
will become one
flock with one
shepherd.
17 Therefore the
Father loves me,
because I lay
down my
life,
that I may
take it again.
18 No one takes
it away from
me, but I
lay it down
by myself. I
have power to
lay it down,
and I have
power to take
it again. I
received this
commandment from
my Father.”
19 Therefore
a division arose
again among the
Jews because of
these words.
20 Many
of them said, “He
has a demon
and is insane!
Why do you listen
to him?”
21 Others
said, “These are
not the sayings
of one possessed
by a demon.
It isn’t possible
for a demon
to open the eyes
of the blind,
is it?”
22 It
was the Feast
of the Dedication
at Jerusalem.
23 It
was winter, and
Jesus was walking
in the temple,
in Solomon’s porch.
24 The
Jews therefore
came around him
and said to
him, “How long
will you hold
us in suspense?
If you are
the Christ, tell
us plainly.”
25 Jesus
answered them,
“I told you,
and you don’t
believe. The
works that I
do in my
Father’s name,
these testify
about me.
26 But you don’t
believe, because
you are not
of my sheep,
as I told you.
27 My sheep hear
my voice, and
I know them,
and they follow
me.
28 I give eternal
life to them.
They will
never perish, and
no one
will snatch them
out of my
hand.
29 My Father who
has given them
to me is
greater than all.
No one is
able to snatch
them out of
my Father’s hand.
30 I and the
Father are
one.”
31 Therefore
the Jews took up
stones again to
stone him.
32 Jesus answered them,
“I have shown
you many good
works from my
Father. For
which of those
works do you
stone me?”
33 The
Jews answered him, “We
don’t stone you
for a good
work, but
for blasphemy, because
you, being a
man, make yourself
God.”
34 Jesus
answered them,
“Isn’t it
written in your
law, ‘I said,
you are
gods’?
35 If he called
them gods, to
whom the word
of God came (and
the Scripture
can’t be
broken),
36 do you say
of him whom
the Father sanctified
and sent into
the world, ‘You
blaspheme,’ because I
said, ‘I am
the Son of
God’?
37 If I don’t
do the works
of my Father,
don’t believe me.
38 But if I
do them, though
you don’t
believe me,
believe the
works, that you
may know and
believe that the
Father is in
me, and I
in the Father.”
39 They
sought again to
seize him, and
he went out
of their hand.
40 He
went away again
beyond the Jordan
into the place
where John
was baptizing at
first, and he
stayed there.
41 Many
came to him.
They said, “John
indeed did no
sign, but
everything that
John said about
this man is true.”
42 Many
believed in him
there.