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¹ Truly, truly, I say to you, The one not entering through the door into the sheepfold, but going up by another way, that one is a thief and a plunderer.² But the one entering through the door is the shepherd of the sheep.³ The doorkeeper opens to him, and the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out.⁴ And when he puts forth his own sheep, he goes in front of them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice.⁵ But they will not follow a stranger, never! But they will flee from him, because they do not know the voice of the strangers.⁶ Jesus spoke this allegory to them, but they did not know what it was which He spoke to them.⁷ Then Jesus again said to them, Truly, truly, I say to you that I am the door of the sheep.⁸ All who came before Me are thieves and plunderers, but the sheep did not hear them.⁹ I am the door. If anyone enters through Me, he will be saved, and will go in, and will go out, and will find pasture.¹⁰ The thief does not come except 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 lays down His life on behalf of the sheep.¹² But the hireling, not even being a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and forsakes the sheep and flees. And the wolf seizes them, and scatters the sheep.¹³ But the hireling flees because he is a hireling, and there is not a care to him concerning the sheep.¹⁴ I am the Good Shepherd, and I know those that are Mine, and I am known by the ones that are Mine.¹⁵ Even as the Father knows Me, I also know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep.¹⁶ And I have other sheep which are not of this fold. I must also lead those, and they will hear My voice; and there will be one flock, one Shepherd.¹⁷ For this reason My Father loves Me, because I lay down My life, that I may take it again.¹⁸ No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down from Myself. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it again. I received this commandment from My Father.

¹⁹ Then a division occurred again among the Jews, because of these words.²⁰ And many of them said, He has a demon and is insane. Why do you hear Him?²¹ Others said, These are not words of one having been possessed by a demon. A demon is not able to open the eyes of blind ones.

²² And the Feast of Dedication took place in Jerusalem, and it was winter.²³ And Jesus was walking in the temple, in Solomon's Porch.²⁴ Then the Jews encircled Him, and said to Him, Until when do You lift up our soul? If You are the Christ, tell us publicly.²⁵ Jesus answered them, I told you, and you did not believe. The works which I do in the name of My Father, these bear witness about Me.²⁶ But you do not believe for you are not of My sheep, as I said to you.²⁷ My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.²⁸ And I give eternal life to them, and they shall not perish to the age, never! And not anyone shall pluck them out of My hand.²⁹ My Father who has given them to Me is greater than all, and no one is able to pluck out of My Father's hand.³⁰ I and the Father are One!³¹ Then again the Jews took up stones, that they might stone Him.³² Jesus answered them, I showed you many good works from My Father. For which work of them do you stone Me?³³ The Jews answered Him, saying, We do not stone You concerning a good work, but concerning blasphemy; and because You, being a man, make Yourself God.³⁴ Jesus answered them, Has it not been written in your Law, "I said, you are gods"? Psa. 82:6 ³⁵ If He called those gods with whom the Word of God was, and the Scripture cannot be broken,³⁶ do you say of Him whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, You blaspheme, because I said, I am Son of God?³⁷ If I do not do the works of My Father, do not believe Me.³⁸ But if I do, even if you do not believe Me, believe the works, that you may perceive and may believe that the Father is in Me, and I in Him.

³⁹ Then again they sought to seize Him. And He went forth from their hand.⁴⁰ And He went away again across the Jordan to the place where John was at first baptizing and remained there.⁴¹ And many came to Him and said, John indeed did no miraculous sign, but all things that John said concerning this One were true.⁴² And many believed into Him there.