John 10:7-25

English Standard Version

⁷ So Jesus again said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, ^(A)I am the door of the sheep. ⁸ All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. ⁹ I am the door. If anyone enters by me, ^(B)he will be saved and will go in and out and ^(C)find pasture. ¹⁰ The 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. ¹² He 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. ¹³ He 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. ¹⁶ And ^(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. ²⁰ Many of them said, ^(AE)“He has a demon, and ^(AF)is insane; why listen to him?” ²¹ Others 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

²² At that time the Feast of Dedication took place at Jerusalem. It was winter, ²³ and Jesus was walking in the temple, ^(AH)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 ^(AI)the Christ, ^(AJ)tell us plainly.” ²⁵ Jesus 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,