Verily, verily, I say to you, He that entereth not through the door into the fold of the sheep but climbeth up otherwise, he is a thief and a robber;
but he that entereth through the door is shepherd of the sheep.
To him the porter openeth, and the sheep hear his voice; and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.
When he hath put forth all his own, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice,
but a stranger they will in no wise follow, but will flee from him, because they know not the voice of strangers.
This proverb said Jesus to them; but they knew not what things they were which he was speaking to them.
Therefore said Jesus again to them, Verily, verily, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.
All as many as came [before me] are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them.
I am the door; through me if anyone have entered, he shall be saved, and shall go in and shall go out, and shall find pasture.
The thief cometh not unless that he may steal and slaughter and destroy; I came that they might have life, and have abundantly.
I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd layeth down his life for the sheep.
[But] he that is a hireling, and not a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, beholdeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth, and the wolf snatcheth them, and scattereth;
and the hireling fleeth because he is a hireling, and no care hath he for the sheep.
I am the good shepherd, and know mine, and mine know me,
even as the Father knoweth me, and I know the Father, and my life I lay down for the sheep.
And other sheep I have which are not of this fold; them also I must lead, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one flock , one shepherd.
On this account the Father loveth me, because I lay down my life that I may take it again.
No one taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it again: this commandment I received from my Father.
There was a division again among the Jews because of these words;
but many of them said, He hath a demon and is mad: why hear ye him?
Others said, These are not the sayings of one possessed by a demon: can a demon open blind [men’s] eyes?
Now it was the feast of the dedication at Jerusalem, [and] it was winter;
and Jesus was walking in the temple in the porch of Solomon.
The Jews therefore surrounded him, and said to him, How long dost thou hold our soul in suspense? If thou art the Christ, tell us openly.
Jesus answered, I told you, and ye believe not. The works which I do in the name of my Father, these bear witness of me;
but ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep.
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me;
and I give them life eternal, and they shall in no wise ever perish, and no one shall seize them out of my hand.
My Father who hath given me [them] is greater than all; and no one is able to seize out of the hand of my Father.
I and the Father are one.
The Jews [therefore] again took up stones, that they might stone him.
Jesus answered them, Many good works I showed you from the Father: on account of which work of them do ye stone me?
The Jews answered him, For a good work we stone thee not, but for blasphemy, and because thou, being a man, makest thyself God.
Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?
If he called them gods to whom the word of God came (and the scripture cannot be broken),
say ye of him whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest, because I said, I am Son of God?
If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not;
but if I do, even if ye believe not me, believe the works, that ye may perceive and know that the Father [is] in me, and I in the Father.
They sought therefore again to seize him, and he departed out of their hand.
And he went away again beyond the Jordan to the place where John was at first baptizing, and abode there.
And many came unto him and said, John did no sign, but all things whatsoever John said about him were true.
And many believed on him there.