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¹ Verily, verily, I say unto you: - He that entereth not, through the door, into the fold of the sheep, but goeth up from another place, that man, is, a thief, and, a robber.² But, he that entereth through the door, is, shepherd, of the sheep:³ To him, the porter openeth, and, the sheep, unto his voice, hearken: and, his own sheep, he calleth by name, and leadeth them forth.⁴ As soon as, all his own, he hath put forth, before them, he moveth on, and, the sheep, follow him, because they know his voice;⁵ But, a stranger, will they in nowise follow, but will flee from him, because they know not the voice, of strangers.⁶ This similitude, spake Jesus unto them; but, those men, understood not what the things were which he was speaking unto them.⁷ Jesus, therefore, said, again - Verily, verily, I say unto you: - I, am the door of the sheep:⁸ All, as many as came before me, are thieves, and, robbers: but the sheep hearkened nor unto them.⁹ I, am the door: through me, if anyone enter, he shall be saved, and shall come in and go out, and, pasture, shall find.¹⁰ The thief, cometh not, save that he may thieve and slay and destroy: I, came, that, life, they might have, and, above measure, might have.¹¹ I, am the good shepherd: The good shepherd, his life, layeth down, for the sheep.¹² The hireling, even because he is no shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, vieweth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth, - and, the wolf, seizeth them and scattereth, - ¹³ Because, a hireling, he is, and hath no care for the sheep.¹⁴ I, am the good shepherd, and know my own, and, my own, know me, - ¹⁵ Just as, the Father, knoweth me, and, I, know, the Father; and, my life, I lay down for the sheep.¹⁶ And, other sheep, have I, which are not of this fold: those also, I must needs bring, and, unto my voice, will they hearken, and there shall come to be, One flock, One shepherd.¹⁷ Therefore, doth the Father, love, me, because, I, lay down my life, that, again, I may receive it: - ¹⁸ No one, forced it from me, but, I, lay it down, of myself, - Authority, have I, to lay it down, and, authority, have I, again, to receive it: This commandment, received I, from my Father.

¹⁹ A division, again, took place among the Jews, because of these words.²⁰ But many from among them were saying - A demon, he hath, and is raving, - Why, unto him, do ye hearken?²¹ Others, said - These sayings, are not those of one demonized, - Can, a demon, open the eyes of, the blind?

²² The feast of dedication took place at that time, in Jerusalem: it was, winter,²³ and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the porch of Solomon.²⁴ The Jews, therefore, surrounded him, and were saying unto him - How long, holdest thou, our lives, in suspense? If, thou, art the Christ, tell us, plainly.²⁵ Jesus answered them - I told you, and ye believe not: The works which, I, am doing in the name of my Father, the same, bear witness concerning me.²⁶ But, ye, believe not, because ye are not of my sheep.²⁷ My sheep, unto my voice, hearken, - and, I, know, them, and they follow me, - ²⁸ And, I, give unto them life age-abiding, and in nowise shall they perish, unto times age-abiding; and no one shall carry them off out of my hand.²⁹ What, my Father, hath given me, is, something greater than all, and, no one, can carry off out of the hand of my Father: - ³⁰ I and the Father, are, one.³¹ The Jews again lifted up stones, that they might stone him.³² Jesus answered them - Many works, have I showed you, noble ones, from my Father: For which of those works are ye stoning me?³³ The Jews answered him - Concerning a noble work, are we not stoning thee; but concerning profane speech, - and because, thou, being, a man, art making thyself, God.³⁴ Jesus answered them - Is it not written in your law: I, said, Ye are, gods?³⁵ If, those, he called gods, unto whom, the word of God, came - and the Scripture cannot be broken - ³⁶ Of him whom, the Father, hallowed and sent forth into the world, are, ye, saying - Thou speakest profanely, because I said, Son of God, I am?³⁷ If I am not doing the works of my Father, do not believe in me;³⁸ But, if I am doing them, even though, in me, ye believe not, in the works, believe, - that ye may get to know and go on to know, that the Father is, in me, and, I, am, in the Father.

³⁹ They were thereforeagain seeking to take him; and he went forth out of their hand.⁴⁰ And he went away again, beyond the Jordan, unto the place where John was at the first, immersing; and he abode there.⁴¹ And, many, came unto him, and were saying - John, indeed, did not so much as, one sign; but, all things, whatsoever John said concerning this one, were, true.⁴² And, many, believed on him there.