Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

I Am The Good Shepherd. All My Sheep Know Me. I Give My Life For Them

¹¹ “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays-down His life for the sheep. ¹² The one being a hired one and not a shepherd, of whom the sheep are not his own— he sees the wolf coming and leaves^[a] the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them, ¹³ because he is a hired one, and he is not concerned about the sheep. ¹⁴ I am the good shepherd. And I know My sheep, and My sheep know Me— ¹⁵ just as the Father knows Me, and I know the Father. And I lay-down My life for the sheep. ¹⁶ And I have other sheep, which are not of this fold^[b]. I must bring those also. And they^[c] will hear My voice. And they will become one flock, [with] one Shepherd. ¹⁷ For this reason the Father loves Me— because I lay down My life so that I may take it up again. ¹⁸ No one takes it away from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. I received this commandment from My Father”.

The Pharisees Remain Divided

¹⁹ A division again^[d] took place among the Jews because of these words. ²⁰ And many of them were saying, “He has a demon, and He is mad. Why are you listening-to Him?” ²¹ Others^[e] were saying, “These words are not from one being demon-possessed. A demon is not able to open the eyes of blind ones, is he?”