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?”