1Truly, truly, I say to you, He who does not enter by the door into the sheepfold, but climbs in by some other way, he is a thief and a robber. 2But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. 3To him the gatekeeper opens; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calls his sheep by name, and leads them out. 4And when he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice. 5A stranger they will not follow, but will flee from him: for they do not know the voice of strangers. 6Jesus spoke this parable to them: but they did not understand what he was saying to them. 7Then Jesus said to them again, Truly, truly, I say to you, 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 any man enters by me, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. 10The thief comes only to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I have come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. 11I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12But he who is a hireling, and not the shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep, and flees: and the wolf attacks them, and scatters the sheep. 13The hireling flees, because he is a hireling, and does not care for the sheep. 14I am the good shepherd, and I know my own, and my own know me, 15Just 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 bring them also, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd. 17Therefore my Father loves me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it up again. 18No man takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it up again. This commandment I have received from my Father. 19There was again a division among the Jews because of these words. 20And many of them said, He has a devil, and is mad; why do you listen to him? 21Others said, These are not the words of one who has a devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind? 22And it was the feast of the dedication in Jerusalem, and it was winter. 23And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch. 24Then the Jews came round about him, and said to him, How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly. 25Jesus answered them, I told you, and you do not believe: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me. 26But you do not believe, because you are not my sheep. 27My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: 28And I give them eternal life; and they shall never perish, nor shall any man pluck them out of my hand. 29My Father, who gave them to me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand. 30I and the Father are one. 31Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him. 32Jesus answered them, I have shown you many good works from my Father; for which of those works do you stone me? 33The Jews answered him, saying, We do not stone you for a good work; but for blasphemy; because you, being a man, make yourself out to be God. 34Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, You are gods? 35If he called them 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 blaspheme; 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, though you do not believe me, believe the works: that you may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I am in the Father. 39Therefore they sought again to seize him: but he escaped from their hands, 40And went away again beyond the Jordan into the place where John first baptized; and there he abode. 41And many came to him, and said, John did no miraculous sign: but all things that John spoke of this man were true. 42And many believed in him there.