1 "Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever does not go into the sheepfold through the door but climbs in by another way is a thief and a bandit.
2 The one who goes in through the door is the sheep's shepherd.
3 The gatekeeper opens for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
4 When he has brought his own sheep out, he walks ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they recognize his voice.
5 A stranger they will never follow; they will run away from him, because they do not recognize the voice of strangers."
6 Jesus used this figure of speech with them, but they did not grasp what he was telling them.
7 So Jesus spoke again: "Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door for the sheep.
8 All who came before me are thieves and bandits; but the sheep did not listen to them.
9 I am the door. Whoever goes in through me will be saved; he will come in and go out and find pasture.
10 The thief comes for nothing but to steal, slaughter, and destroy. I came so that they may have life, and have it in abundance.
11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life on behalf of the sheep.
12 The hired man, who is not a shepherd and to whom the sheep do not belong, sees the wolf coming, abandons the sheep, and runs away; then the wolf seizes them and scatters the sheep.
13 The hired man runs away because he works for pay and has no concern for the sheep.
14 I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and I am known by my own,
15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life on behalf of the sheep.
16 I have other sheep too, which are not of this fold. I must bring them as well, and they will listen to my voice; and there will be one flock, one shepherd.
17 This is why the Father loves me: because I lay down my life so that I may take it back again.
18 No one takes it away from me; I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it back again. This is the command I received from my Father."
19 Once more the Jews were divided because of these words.
20 Many of them were saying, "He is demon-possessed and out of his mind. Why listen to him?"
21 Others said, "These are not the sayings of a demon-possessed man. A demon cannot open blind people's eyes, can it?"
22 It was then the Feast of Dedication in Jerusalem. It was winter,
23 and Jesus was walking about in the temple, in Solomon's colonnade.
24 So the Jews surrounded him and asked, "How long will you keep us in doubt? If you are the Christ, tell us openly."
25 Jesus answered them, "I have told you, and you do not believe. The works I do in my Father's name testify about me.
26 But you do not believe, because you are not among my sheep, as I told you.
27 My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.
28 I give them eternal life; they will never perish, and no one will tear them out of my hand.
29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one can tear them out of my Father's hand.
30 I and the Father are one."
31 Again the Jews picked up stones to stone him.
32 Jesus responded, "I have shown you many good works from my Father. For which of these works are you going to stone me?"
33 The Jews answered him, "We are not stoning you for a good work, but for blasphemy: because you, a mere man, make yourself 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 be set aside—
36 do you say of him whom the Father consecrated and sent into the world, 'You are blaspheming,' because I said, 'I am the Son of God'?
37 If I am not doing my Father's works, do not believe me.
38 But if I am doing them, even if you do not believe me, believe the works, so that you may come to know and believe that the Father is in me and I am in him."
39 Once again they tried to arrest him, but he slipped out of their grasp.
40 He went away again across the Jordan to the place where John had been baptizing at first, and he stayed there.
41 Many came to him, and they kept saying, "John performed no sign, but all that John said about this man was true."
42 And there many believed in him.