101 "Truly , truly , I say to you, he who does not enter by the door into the fold of the sheep , but climbs up some other way , he is a thief and a robber . 2 "But he who enters by the door is a shepherd of the sheep . 3 "To him the doorkeeper opens , and the sheep hear his voice , and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 4 "When he puts forth all his own , he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice . 5 "A stranger they simply will not follow , but will flee from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers ." 6 This figure of speech Jesus spoke to them, but they did not understand what those things were which He had been saying to them.
7 So Jesus said to them again , "Truly , truly , I say to you, I am the door of the sheep . 8 "All who came before Me are thieves and robbers , but the sheep did not hear them. 9 " I am the door ; if anyone enters through Me, he will be saved , and will go e in and out and find pasture . 10 "The thief comes only e e to steal and kill and destroy ; I came that they may have life , and have it abundantly . 11 " I am the good shepherd ; the good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep . 12 "He who is a hired hand , and not a shepherd , who is not the owner of the sheep , sees the wolf coming , and leaves the sheep and flees , and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. 13 "He flees because he is a hired hand and is not concerned about the sheep . 14 " I am the good shepherd , and I know My own and My own know Me, 15 even as the Father knows Me and I know the Father ; and I lay down My life for the sheep . 16 "I have other sheep , which are not of this fold ; I must bring them also , and they will hear My voice ; and they will become one flock with one shepherd . 17 "For this reason the Father loves Me, because I lay down My life so that I may take it again . 18 " No one has taken it away from Me, but I lay it down on My own initiative . I have authority to lay it down , and I have authority to take it up again . This commandment I received from My Father ."
19 A division occurred again among the Jews because of these words . 20 Many of them were saying , "He has a demon and is insane . Why do you listen to Him?" 21 Others were saying , "These are not the sayings of one demon-possessed . A demon cannot e open the eyes of the blind , can he?"
22 At that time the Feast of the Dedication took place at Jerusalem ; 23 it was winter , and Jesus was walking in the temple in the portico of Solomon . 24 The Jews then gathered around Him, and were saying to Him, "How long e will You keep us in suspense e ? If You are the Christ , tell us plainly ." 25 Jesus answered them, " I told you, and you do not believe ; the works that I do in My Father's name , these testify of Me. 26 "But you do not believe because you are not of My sheep . 27 "My sheep hear My voice , and I know them, and they follow Me; 28 and I give eternal life to them, and they will never e perish ; and no one will snatch them out of My hand . 29 "My Father , who has given them to 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 picked up stones again to stone Him. 32 Jesus answered them, "I showed you many good works from the Father ; for which of them are you stoning Me?" 33 The Jews answered Him, "For a good work we do not stone You, but for blasphemy ; and because You, being a man , make Yourself out to be God ." 34 Jesus answered them, "Has it not been written in your Law , ' I SAID , YOU ARE GODS '? 35 "If he called them gods , to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture cannot e be broken ), 36 do you say of Him, whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world , 'You are blaspheming ,' because I said , ' I am the Son of God '? 37 " If I do not do the works of My Father , do not believe Me; 38 but if I do them, though you do not believe Me, believe the works , so that you may know and understand that the Father is in Me, and I in the Father ."
39 Therefore they were seeking again to seize Him, and He eluded their grasp . 40 And He went away again beyond the Jordan to the place where John was first baptizing , and He was staying there . 41 Many came to Him and were saying , "While John performed no sign , yet everything John said about this man was true ." 42 Many believed in Him there .
