John 10:11-30

English Standard Version

¹¹^(A)I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd ^(B)lays down his life for the sheep. ¹²He who is ^(C)a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and ^(D)leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and ^(E)scatters them. ¹³He flees because ^(F)he is a hired hand and ^(G)cares nothing for the sheep. ¹⁴^(H)I am the good shepherd. ^(I)I know my own and ^(J)my own know me, ¹⁵^(K)just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and ^(L)I lay down my life for the sheep. ¹⁶And ^(M)I have other sheep that are not of this fold. ^(N)I must bring them also, and ^(O)they will listen to my voice. So there will be ^(P)one flock, ^(Q)one shepherd. ¹⁷^(R)For this reason the Father loves me, ^(S)because ^(T)I lay down my life that I may take it up again. ¹⁸^(U)No one takes it from me, but ^(V)I lay it down ^(W)of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and ^(X)I have authority to take it up again. ^(Y)This charge I have received from my Father.”

¹⁹^(Z)There was again a division among the Jews because of these words. ²⁰Many of them said, ^(AA)“He has a demon, and ^(AB)is insane; why listen to him?” ²¹Others said, “These are not the words of one who is oppressed by a demon. ^(AC)Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”

I and the Father Are One

²²At that time the Feast of Dedication took place at Jerusalem. It was winter, ²³and Jesus was walking in the temple, ^(AD)in the colonnade of Solomon. ²⁴So the Jews gathered around him and said to him, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are ^(AE)the Christ, ^(AF)tell us plainly.” ²⁵Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe. ^(AG)The works that I do ^(AH)in my Father's name bear witness about me, ²⁶but ^(AI)you do not believe because you are not among my sheep. ²⁷^(AJ)My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. ²⁸^(AK)I give them eternal life, and ^(AL)they will never perish, and ^(AM)no one will snatch them out of my hand. ²⁹My Father, ^(AN)who has given them to me,^[a] ^(AO)is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of ^(AP)the Father's hand. ³⁰^(AQ)I and the Father are one.”