| 1 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door
into the fold of the sheep, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a
thief and a robber. 2 But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd
of the sheep. 3 To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice:
and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out. 4 When he hath
put forth all his own, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for
they know his voice. 5 And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee
from him: for they know not the voice of strangers. 6 This parable spake
Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake
unto them. 7 Jesus therefore said unto them again, Verily, verily, I say
unto you, I am the door of the sheep. 8 All that came before me are
thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them. 9 I am the door; by
me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and go out, and
shall find pasture. 10 The thief cometh not, but that he may steal, and
kill, and destroy: I came that they may have life, and may have it
abundantly. 11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd layeth down his
life for the sheep. 12 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 them:
13 he fleeth because he is a hireling, and careth not for the
sheep. 14 I am the good shepherd; and I know mine own, and mine own know
me, 15 even as the Father knoweth me, and I know 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 they
shall become one flock, one shepherd. 17 Therefore doth the Father love
me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again. 18 No one taketh
it away 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 received I from my
Father. 19 There arose a division again among the Jews because of these
words. 20 And many of them said, He hath a demon, and is mad; why hear ye
him? 21 Others said, These are not the sayings of one possessed with a
demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind? 22 And it was the feast of
the dedication at Jerusalem: 23 it was winter; and Jesus was walking in
the temple in Solomon's porch. 24 The Jews therefore came round about him,
and said unto him, How long dost thou hold us in suspense? If thou art the
Christ, tell us plainly. 25 Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye
believe not: the works that I do in my Father's name, these bear witness of
me. 26 But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep. 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, and no one shall snatch them
out of my hand. 29 My Father, who hath given them unto me, is
greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the
Father's hand. 30 I and the Father are one. 31 The Jews took up stones
again to stone him. 32 Jesus answered them, Many good works have I showed
you from the Father; for which of those works do ye stone me? 33 The Jews
answered him, 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 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
them, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know and
understand that the Father is in me, and I in the Father. 39 They sought
again to take him: and he went forth out of their hand. 40 And he went
away again beyond the Jordan into the place where John was at the first
baptizing; and there be abode. 41 And many came unto him; and they said,
John indeed did no sign: but all things whatsoever John spake of this man
were true. 42 And many believed on him there.
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