John 9:35-10:15

English Standard Version

³⁵Jesus heard that they had cast him out, and having found him he said, “Do you believe in ^(A)the Son of Man?”^[a] ³⁶He answered, ^(B)“And who is he, sir, that I may believe in him?” ³⁷Jesus said to him, “You have seen him, and ^(C)it is he who is speaking to you.” ³⁸He said, “Lord, I believe,” and he worshiped him. ³⁹Jesus 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.” ⁴⁰Some of the Pharisees near him heard these things, and said to him, ^(G)“Are we also blind?” ⁴¹Jesus 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. ²But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. ³To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. ⁴When 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.” ⁶This figure of speech Jesus ^(J)used with them, but they ^(K)did not understand what he was saying to them.

⁷So Jesus again said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, ^(L)I am the door of the sheep. ⁸All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. ⁹I am the door. If anyone enters by me, ^(M)he will be saved and will go in and out and ^(N)find pasture. ¹⁰The 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. ¹²He 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. ¹³He 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.