³⁵ Jesus heard that they had cast him out, and having found him he said, “Do you believe in ^(A)the Son of Man?”^{[a] 36} He answered, ^(B)“And who is he, sir, that I may believe in him?” ³⁷ Jesus said to him, “You have seen him, and ^(C)it is he who is speaking to you.” ³⁸ He said, “Lord, I believe,” and he worshiped him. ³⁹ Jesus said, ^(D)“For judgment I came into this world, ^(E)that those who do not see may see, and ^(F)those who see may become blind.” ⁴⁰ Some of the Pharisees near him heard these things, and said to him, ^(G)“Are we also blind?” ⁴¹ Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, ^(H)you would have no guilt;^[b] but now that you say, ‘We see,’ your guilt remains.

I Am the Good Shepherd

10 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber. ² But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. ³ To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. ⁴ When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. ^5 (I)A stranger they will not follow, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.” ⁶ This figure of speech Jesus ^(J)used with them, but they ^(K)did not understand what he was saying to them.

⁷ So Jesus again said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, ^(L)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, ^(M)he will be saved and will go in and out and ^(N)find pasture. ¹⁰ The thief comes only to steal and ^(O)kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. ^11 (P)I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd ^(Q)lays down his life for the sheep. ¹² He who is ^(R)a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and ^(S)leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and ^(T)scatters them. ¹³ He flees because ^(U)he is a hired hand and ^(V)cares nothing for the sheep. ^14 (W)I am the good shepherd. ^(X)I know my own and ^(Y)my own know me, ^15 (Z)just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and ^(AA)I lay down my life for the sheep.

⁹ Everyone who goes on ahead and does not abide in the teaching of Christ, ^(A)does not have God. Whoever abides in the teaching ^(B)has both the Father and the Son. ¹⁰ If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, ^(C)do not receive him into your house or give him any greeting, ¹¹ for whoever greets him ^(D)takes part in his wicked works.

³ And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we ^(A)keep his commandments. ⁴ Whoever says “I know him” but does not keep his commandments ^(B)is a liar, and ^(C)the truth is not in him, ⁵ but whoever ^(D)keeps his word, in him truly ^(E)the love of God is perfected. ^(F)By this we may know that we are in him: ⁶ whoever says he ^(G)abides in him ^(H)ought to walk in the same way in which he walked.

^19 (A)They went out from us, but they were not of us; for ^(B)if they had been of us, they would have continued with us. But they went out, ^(C)that it might become plain that they all are not of us.

A Tree and Its Fruit

^15 (A)“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ^(B)ravenous wolves. ¹⁶ You will recognize them ^(C)by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? ¹⁷ So, ^(D)every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit. ¹⁸ A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a diseased tree bear good fruit. ^19 (E)Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. ²⁰ Thus you will recognize them ^(F)by their fruits.