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¹ AMEN, amen, I say to you, Whosoever entereth not by the door into the fold of the flock, but ascendeth by another place, he is a thief and a robber.² But he who entereth by the door, he is the shepherd of the flock.³ And to him the keeper of the gate openeth the gate, and the flock heareth his voice, and his sheep he calleth by their names, and he leadeth them forth;⁴ and when his flock hath gone forth, he goeth before it, and his sheep follow him, because they know his voice.⁵ But after a stranger the flock goeth not, but it fleeth from him; for it knoweth not the voice of a stranger.⁶ This parable spake Jeshu to them, but they knew not what he said with them.⁷ Jeshu saith to them again, Amen, amen, I say to you, I am the gate of the flock;⁸ and all those who have come were thieves and robbers, but the flock heard them not.⁹ I am the gate; by me if any man enter, he shall live and shall come in, and go out, and find pasture.¹⁰ The thief cometh not but to steal and to kill and destroy: I am come that they may have life, and that which is more.¹¹ I am the good shepherd, and the good shepherd his life layeth down for his flock.¹² The hireling who is not the shepherd, and whose the sheep are not, when he seeth the wolf coming, leaveth the flock and fleeth; and the wolf cometh ravaging and destroying the flock.¹³ But the hireling fleeth because he is an hireling, and careth not for the flock.¹⁴ I am the good shepherd, and know my own, and am known of my own.¹⁵ As my Father knoweth me (and) I know my Father, and my life I lay down for the flock.¹⁶ But I have other sheep also which are not of this fold; and these also it behoveth me to bring, and they will hear my voice, and all shall become one flock and one shepherd.¹⁷ On this account my Father loveth me, because I lay down my life again to take it.¹⁸ No man taketh it away from me, but I lay it down from my will; for I am able to lay it down, and I am able to take it again; for this commandment have I received from my Father.

¹⁹ And there was again a division among the Jihudoyee because of his words:²⁰ and many of them said, He has a devil, and is altogether insane, [fn] why do you hear him ? ²¹ But others said, These words are not of a demoniac: how can a devil open the eyes of the blind ?

²² IT was the feast of the renovation at Urishlem,²³ and it was winter. And Jeshu walked in the temple in the portico of Shelumun.²⁴ And the Jihudoyee surrounded him, saying to him, How long takest thou our souls ? If thou art the Meshicha, tell us openly.²⁵ Jeshu answered and said to them, I have told you, and you believe not. The works that I do in the name of my Father, these witness for me.²⁶ But you believe not, because you are not of my sheep, (even) as I told you.²⁷ My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me;²⁸ and I give to them the life which is eternal, and they shall not perish for ever, and no man shall snatch them from my hands.²⁹ For my Father who gave them to me than all is greater; and no man from the hand of my Father can snatch them.³⁰ I and my Father are One.³¹ And again the Jihudoyee took up stones to stone him.³² Jeshu saith to them, Many good works from my Father have I showed you: on account of which of these works do you stone me ?³³ The Jihudoyee say to him, Not on account of the good works do we stone thee, but because thou blasphemest; thou, being a son of man, making thyself Aloha.³⁴ Jeshu saith to them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are Alohee ?³⁵ If them he calleth Alohee, because with them was the word of Aloha, and the scripture cannot be loosed,³⁶ to him whom the Father hath sanctified and sent into the world, say you, Thou blasphemest, because I have said to you, I am the Son of Aloha ?³⁷ And if I do not the works of my Father, believe me not;³⁸ but if I do, though you believe not me, the works believe, that you may know and believe that the Father is in me, and (that) I (am) in the Father.

³⁹ And they sought again to apprehend him; but he went forth from among their hands:⁴⁰ and he went beyond Jurdan, to the place where Juchanon at first had baptized, and was there.⁴¹ And many came to him, and said, Juchanon did not one sign; but every thing which Juchanon said concerning this man was true.⁴² And many believed in him.