1Truly, truly, I say to you, He who does not enter through the door into the sheepfold, but climbs up from somewhere else, he is a thief and a robber; 2But he who enters through the door is the shepherd of the sheep. 3To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 4When he puts forth all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice. 5But they will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers. 6This parable Jesus spoke to them, but they did not know what those things meant that He spoke to them.
7Jesus therefore said to them again, Truly, truly, I say to you that I am the door of the sheep. 8All who came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them. 9I am the door; if anyone enters through Me, he shall be saved and shall go in and go out and shall find pasture.
10The thief does not come except to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life and may have it abundantly. 11I am the good Shepherd; the good Shepherd lays down His life for the sheep. 12He who is a hireling and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. 13He flees because he is a hireling and it does not matter to him concerning the sheep. 14I am the good Shepherd, and I know My own, and My own know Me, 15Even as the Father knows Me and I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep. 16And I have other sheep, which are not of this fold; I must lead them also, and they shall hear My voice, and there shall be one flock, one Shepherd. 17For this reason the Father loves Me, because I lay down My life that I may take it again. 18No 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 again. This commandment I received from My Father.
19A division again took place among the Jews because of these words. 20And many of them said, He has a demon and is insane. Why do you listen to Him? 21Others said, These are not the words of one who is demon possessed. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?
22At that time the Feast of the Dedication occurred in Jerusalem, and it was winter. 23And Jesus was walking in the temple in the portico of Solomon. 24The Jews therefore surrounded Him and said to Him, How long will You hold our soul in suspense? If You are the Christ, tell us plainly. 25Jesus answered them, I told you, and you do not believe. The works which I do in My Father’s name, these testify concerning Me; 26But you do not believe, because you are not of My sheep. 27My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me; 28And I give to them eternal life, and they shall by no means perish forever, and no one shall snatch them out of My hand. 29My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all, and no one can snatch them out of My Father’s hand. 30I and the Father are one.
31The Jews again took up stones that they might stone Him. 32Jesus answered them, I have shown you many good works from the Father; for which of these works are you stoning Me? 33The Jews answered Him, We are not stoning You for a good work, but for blasphemy, and because You, being a man, are making Yourself God. 34Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, “I said, You are gods”? 35If He said they were gods, to whom the word of God came, and the Scripture cannot be broken, 36Do you say of Him whom the Father has sanctified and sent into the world, You are blaspheming, because I said, I am the Son of God? 37If I do not do the works of My Father, do not believe Me; 38But if I do them, even if you do not believe Me, believe the works so that you may come to know and continue to know that the Father is in Me and I am in the Father. 39Then they sought again to seize Him, yet He went forth out of their hand.
40And He went away again across the Jordan, to the place where John was baptizing at first, and He remained there. 41And many came to Him and said, John did no sign, but all the things John said concerning this man were true. 42And many believed into Him there.