²⁵ He replied, “Whether he is a sinner or not, I don’t know. One thing I do know. I was blind but now I see!”

²⁶ Then they asked him, “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?”

²⁷ He answered, “I have told you already^(A) and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you want to become his disciples too?”

²⁸ Then they hurled insults at him and said, “You are this fellow’s disciple! We are disciples of Moses!^{(B) 29} We know that God spoke to Moses, but as for this fellow, we don’t even know where he comes from.”^(C)

³⁰ The man answered, “Now that is remarkable! You don’t know where he comes from, yet he opened my eyes. ³¹ We know that God does not listen to sinners. He listens to the godly person who does his will.^{(D) 32} Nobody has ever heard of opening the eyes of a man born blind. ³³ If this man were not from God,^(E) he could do nothing.”

³⁴ To this they replied, “You were steeped in sin at birth;^(F) how dare you lecture us!” And they threw him out.^(G)

Spiritual Blindness

³⁵ Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and when he found him, he said, “Do you believe^(H) in the Son of Man?”^(I)

³⁶ “Who is he, sir?” the man asked. “Tell me so that I may believe in him.”^(J)

³⁷ Jesus said, “You have now seen him; in fact, he is the one speaking with you.”^(K)

³⁸ Then the man said, “Lord, I believe,” and he worshiped him.^(L)

³⁹ Jesus said,^[a] “For judgment^(M) I have come into this world,^(N) so that the blind will see^(O) and those who see will become blind.”^(P)

⁴⁰ Some Pharisees who were with him heard him say this and asked, “What? Are we blind too?”^(Q)

⁴¹ Jesus said, “If you were blind, you would not be guilty of sin; but now that you claim you can see, your guilt remains.^(R)

The Good Shepherd and His Sheep

10 “Very truly I tell you Pharisees, anyone who does not enter the sheep pen by the gate, but climbs in by some other way, is a thief and a robber.^{(S) 2} The one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.^{(T) 3} The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice.^(U) He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.^{(V) 4} When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice.^{(W) 5} But they will never follow a stranger; in fact, they will run away from him because they do not recognize a stranger’s voice.” ⁶ Jesus used this figure of speech,^(X) but the Pharisees did not understand what he was telling them.^(Y)

⁷ Therefore Jesus said again, “Very truly I tell you, I am^(Z) the gate^(AA) for the sheep. ⁸ All who have come before me^(AB) are thieves and robbers,^(AC) but the sheep have not listened to them. ⁹ I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved.^[b] They will come in and go out, and find pasture. ¹⁰ The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life,^(AD) and have it to the full.^(AE)

¹¹ “I am^(AF) the good shepherd.^(AG) The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.^{(AH) 12} The hired hand is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep. So when he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away.^(AI) Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters it. ¹³ The man runs away because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep.

¹⁴ “I am the good shepherd;^(AJ) I know my sheep^(AK) and my sheep know me— ¹⁵ just as the Father knows me and I know the Father^(AL)—and I lay down my life for the sheep.^{(AM) 16} I have other sheep^(AN) that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock^(AO) and one shepherd.^{(AP) 17} The reason my Father loves me is that I lay down my life^(AQ)—only to take it up again. ¹⁸ No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord.^(AR) I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This command I received from my Father.”^(AS)

¹⁹ The Jews who heard these words were again divided.^{(AT) 20} Many of them said, “He is demon-possessed^(AU) and raving mad.^(AV) Why listen to him?”