I Am the Good Shepherd

10 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbs up some other way, he is ^(A)a thief and a robber. ² But he who enters by the door is ^(B)a shepherd of the sheep. ³ To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear ^(C)his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and ^(D)leads them out. ⁴ When he brings all his own out, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they know ^(E)his voice. ⁵ A stranger they will never follow, but will flee from him, because they do not know ^(F)the voice of strangers.” ⁶ This ^(G)figure of speech Jesus spoke to them, but they did not understand what those things were which He had been saying to them.

⁷ So Jesus said to them again, “Truly, truly, I say to you, I am ^(H)the door of the sheep. ⁸ All who came before Me are ^(I)thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them. ^9 (J)I am the door; if anyone enters through Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. ¹⁰ The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they ^(K)may have life, and ^[a]have it abundantly.

¹¹ “^(L)I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd ^(M)lays down His life for the sheep. ¹² He who is a hired hand, and not a ^(N)shepherd, who is not the owner of the sheep, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep and flees—and the wolf snatches and scatters them— ¹³ because he is a hired hand and is not concerned about the sheep. ^14 (O)I am the good shepherd, and ^(P)I know My own and My own know Me, ¹⁵ even as ^(Q)the Father knows Me and I know the Father; and ^(R)I lay down My life for the sheep. ¹⁶ And I have ^(S)other sheep, which are not from this fold; I must bring them also, and they will hear My voice; and they will become ^(T)one flock with ^(U)one shepherd. ¹⁷ For this reason the Father loves Me, because I ^(V)lay down My life so that I may take it again. ^18 (W)No one ^[b]takes it away from Me, but from Myself, I ^(X)lay it down. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. ^(Y)This commandment I received from My Father.”

^19 (Z)A division occurred again among the Jews because of these words. ²⁰ And many of them were saying, “He ^(AA)has a demon and ^(AB)is insane. Why do you listen to Him?” ²¹ Others were saying, “These are not the words of someone ^(AC)demon-possessed. ^(AD)Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”

I and the Father Are One

²² At that time the Feast of the Dedication took place at Jerusalem; ²³ it was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple in the Portico of ^(AE)Solomon. ^24 (AF)The Jews then gathered around Him, and were saying to Him, “How long ^[c]will You keep us in suspense? If You are the ^[d]Christ, tell us ^(AG)openly.” ²⁵ Jesus answered them, “^(AH)I told you, and you do not believe; ^(AI)the works that I do in My Father’s name, these bear witness of Me. ²⁶ But you do not believe because ^(AJ)you are not of My sheep. ²⁷ My sheep ^(AK)hear My voice, and ^(AL)I know them, and they follow Me; ²⁸ and I give ^(AM)eternal life to them, and they will never perish—ever; and ^(AN)no one will snatch them out of My hand. ^29 [e]My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand. ^30 (AO)I and the Father are ^[f]one.”

³¹ The Jews ^(AP)picked up stones again to stone Him. ³² Jesus answered them, “I showed you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you stoning Me?” ³³ The Jews answered Him, “For a good work we do not stone You, but for ^(AQ)blasphemy; and because You, being a man, ^(AR)make Yourself God.” ³⁴ Jesus answered them, “Has it not been written in ^(AS)your ^(AT)Law, ‘^(AU)I said, you are gods’? ³⁵ If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture cannot be broken), ³⁶ do you say of Him, whom the Father ^(AV)sanctified and ^(AW)sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘^(AX)I am the Son of God’? ^37 (AY)If I do not do the works of My Father, do not believe Me; ³⁸ but if I do them, though you do not believe Me, believe ^(AZ)the works, so that you may know and continue knowing that ^(BA)the Father is in Me, and I in the Father.” ³⁹ Therefore ^(BB)they were seeking again to seize Him, and ^(BC)He eluded their grasp.

⁴⁰ And He went away ^(BD)again beyond the Jordan to the place where John was first baptizing, and He was staying there. ⁴¹ And many came to Him and were saying, “While John did no ^(BE)sign, yet ^(BF)everything John said about this man was true.” ^42 (BG)And many believed in Him there.