^14 (A)I am the good shepherd. ^(B)I know my own and ^(C)my own know me,

I and the Father Are One

²² At that time the Feast of Dedication took place at Jerusalem. It was winter, ²³ and Jesus was walking in the temple, ^(A)in the colonnade of Solomon. ²⁴ So the Jews gathered around him and said to him, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are ^(B)the Christ, ^(C)tell us plainly.” ²⁵ Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe. ^(D)The works that I do ^(E)in my Father's name bear witness about me, ²⁶ but ^(F)you do not believe because you are not among my sheep. ^27 (G)My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. ^28 (H)I give them eternal life, and ^(I)they will never perish, and ^(J)no one will snatch them out of my hand.

^13 (A)Greater love has no one than this, ^(B)that someone lay down his life for his friends. ¹⁴ You are ^(C)my friends ^(D)if you do what I command you. ^15 (E)No longer do I call you servants,^[a] for the servant ^(F)does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for ^(G)all that I have heard from my Father ^(H)I have made known to you.