John 10:7-30

English Standard Version

⁷So Jesus again said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, ^(A)I am the door of the sheep. ⁸All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. ⁹I am the door. If anyone enters by me, ^(B)he will be saved and will go in and out and ^(C)find pasture. ¹⁰The thief comes only to steal and ^(D)kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. ¹¹^(E)I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd ^(F)lays down his life for the sheep. ¹²He who is ^(G)a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and ^(H)leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and ^(I)scatters them. ¹³He flees because ^(J)he is a hired hand and ^(K)cares nothing for the sheep. ¹⁴^(L)I am the good shepherd. ^(M)I know my own and ^(N)my own know me, ¹⁵^(O)just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and ^(P)I lay down my life for the sheep. ¹⁶And ^(Q)I have other sheep that are not of this fold. ^(R)I must bring them also, and ^(S)they will listen to my voice. So there will be ^(T)one flock, ^(U)one shepherd. ¹⁷^(V)For this reason the Father loves me, ^(W)because ^(X)I lay down my life that I may take it up again. ¹⁸^(Y)No one takes it from me, but ^(Z)I lay it down ^(AA)of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and ^(AB)I have authority to take it up again. ^(AC)This charge I have received from my Father.”

¹⁹^(AD)There was again a division among the Jews because of these words. ²⁰Many of them said, ^(AE)“He has a demon, and ^(AF)is insane; why listen to him?” ²¹Others said, “These are not the words of one who is oppressed by a demon. ^(AG)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, ^(AH)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 ^(AI)the Christ, ^(AJ)tell us plainly.” ²⁵Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe. ^(AK)The works that I do ^(AL)in my Father's name bear witness about me, ²⁶but ^(AM)you do not believe because you are not among my sheep. ²⁷^(AN)My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. ²⁸^(AO)I give them eternal life, and ^(AP)they will never perish, and ^(AQ)no one will snatch them out of my hand. ²⁹My Father, ^(AR)who has given them to me,^[a] ^(AS)is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of ^(AT)the Father's hand. ³⁰^(AU)I and the Father are one.”