| 1. | "Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever does not enter a sheepfold through the gate but climbs over elsewhere is a thief and a robber. |
| 2. | But whoever enters through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. |
| 3. | The gatekeeper opens it for him, and the sheep hear his voice, as he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. |
| 4. | When he has driven out all his own, he walks ahead of them, and the sheep follow him, because they recognize his voice. |
| 5. | But they will not follow a stranger; they will run away from him, because they do not recognize the voice of strangers." |
| 6. | Although Jesus used this figure of speech, they did not realize what he was trying to tell them. |
| 7. | So Jesus said again, "Amen, amen, I say to you, I am the gate for the sheep. |
| 8. | All who came (before me) are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. |
| 9. | I am the gate. Whoever enters through me will be saved, and will come in and go out and find pasture. |
| 10. | A thief comes only to steal and slaughter and destroy; I came so that they might have life and have it more abundantly. |
| 11. | I am the good shepherd. A good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. |
| 12. | A hired man, who is not a shepherd and whose sheep are not his own, sees a wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away, and the wolf catches and scatters them. |
| 13. | This is because he works for pay and has no concern for the sheep. |
| 14. | I am the good shepherd, and I know mine and mine know me, |
| 15. | just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I will lay down my life for the sheep. |
| 16. | I have other sheep that do not belong to this fold. These also I must lead, and they will hear my voice, and there will be one flock, one shepherd. |
| 17. | This is why the Father loves me, because I lay down my life in order to take it up again. |
| 18. | No one takes it from me, but I lay it down on my own. I have power to lay it down, and power to take it up again. This command I have received from my Father." |
| 19. | Again there was a division among the Jews because of these words. |
| 20. | Many of them said, "He is possessed and out of his mind; why listen to him?" |
| 21. | Others said, "These are not the words of one possessed; surely a demon cannot open the eyes of the blind, can he?" |
| 22. | The feast of the Dedication was then taking place in Jerusalem. It was winter. |
| 23. | And Jesus walked about in the temple area on the Portico of Solomon. |
| 24. | So the Jews gathered around him and said to him, "How long are you going to keep us in suspense? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly." |
| 25. | Jesus answered them, "I told you and you do not believe. The works I do in my Father's name testify to me. |
| 26. | But you do not believe, because you are not among my sheep. |
| 27. | My sheep hear my voice; I know them, and they follow me. |
| 28. | I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish. No one can take them out of my hand. |
| 29. | My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one can take them out of the Father's hand. |
| 30. | The Father and I are one." |
| 31. | The Jews again picked up rocks to stone him. |
| 32. | Jesus answered them, "I have shown you many good works from my Father. For which of these are you trying to stone me?" |
| 33. | The Jews answered him, "We are not stoning you for a good work but for blasphemy. You, a man, are making yourself God." |
| 34. | Jesus answered them, "Is it not written in your law, 'I said, "You are gods"'? |
| 35. | If it calls them gods to whom the word of God came, and scripture cannot be set aside, |
| 36. | can you say that the one whom the Father has consecrated and sent into the world blasphemes because I said, 'I am the Son of God'? |
| 37. | If I do not perform my Father's works, do not believe me; |
| 38. | but if I perform them, even if you do not believe me, believe the works, so that you may realize (and understand) that the Father is in me and I am in the Father." |
| 39. | (Then) they tried again to arrest him; but he escaped from their power. |
| 40. | He went back across the Jordan to the place where John first baptized, and there he remained. |
| 41. | Many came to him and said, "John performed no sign, but everything John said about this man was true." |
| 42. | And many there began to believe in him. |
