Verily,
verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by
the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some
other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
02 But he that entereth in
by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
03 To him the porter
openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he
calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them
out.
04 And when he putteth
forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and
the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.
05 And a stranger will they
not follow, but will flee from him: for they know
not the voice of strangers.
06 This parable spake Jesus unto
them: but they understood not what things they
were which he spake unto them.
07 Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily,
verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the
sheep.
08 All that ever came
before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep
did not hear them.
09 I am the door: by me if
any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go
in and out, and find pasture.
10 The thief cometh not,
but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I
am come that they might have life, and that they
might have it more abundantly.
11 I am the good shepherd:
the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
12 But he that is an
hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the
sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth
the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth
them, and scattereth the sheep.
13 The hireling fleeth,
because he is an hireling, and careth not for the
sheep.
14 I am the good shepherd,
and know my sheep, and am known of mine.
15 As the Father knoweth
me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my
life for the sheep.
16 And other sheep I have,
which are not of this fold: them also I must
bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there
shall be one fold, and one shepherd.
17 Therefore doth my Father
love me, because I lay down my life, that I might
take it again.
18 No man taketh it from
me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to
lay it down, and I have power to take it again.
This commandment have I received of my Father.
19 There was a division therefore
again among the Jews for these sayings.
20 And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is
mad; why hear ye him?
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21 Others said, These are not the words of him
that hath a devil. Can a devil open the eyes of
the blind?
22 And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the
dedication, and it was winter.
23 And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's
porch.
24 Then came the Jews round about him, and said
unto him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? If
thou be the Christ, tell us plainly.
25 Jesus answered them, I told
you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in
my Father's name, they bear witness of me.
26 But ye believe not,
because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto
you.
27 My sheep hear my voice,
and I know them, and they follow me:
28 And I give unto them
eternal life; and they shall never perish,
neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
29 My Father, which gave
them me, is greater than all; and no man is able
to pluck them out of my Father's hand.
30 I and my Father are one.
31 Then the Jews took up stones
again to stone him.
32 Jesus answered them, Many
good works have I shewed you from my Father; for
which of those works do ye stone me?
33 The Jews answered him, saying,
For a good work we stone thee not; but for
blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man,
makest thyself God.
34 Jesus answered them, Is it
not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?
35 If he called them gods,
unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture
cannot be broken;
36 Say ye of him, whom the
Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world,
Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of
God?
37 If I do not the works of
my Father, believe me not.
38 But if I do, though ye
believe not me, believe the works: that ye may
know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and
I in him.
39 Therefore they sought again to
take him: but he escaped out of their hand,
40 And went away again beyond Jordan into the
place where John at first baptized; and there he
abode.
41 And many resorted unto him, and said, John did
no miracle: but all things that John spake of
this man were true.
42 And many believed on him there.
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