1"Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbs up someotherway, he is 1a thief and a robber.
2
"But he who enters by the door is 2a shepherd of the sheep.
3
"To him the doorkeeperopens, and the sheephear3his voice, and he calls his ownsheep by name and 4leads them out.
4
"When he putsforthall his own, he goesahead of them, and the sheepfollow him because they know5his voice.
5
"A stranger they simply will not follow, but will flee from him, because they do not know6the voice of strangers."
6
This7figure of speechJesusspoke to them, but they did not understandwhat those things were which He had been saying to them.
7
SoJesussaid to them again, "Truly, truly, I say to you, I am8the door of the sheep.
8
"Allwhocamebefore Me are 9thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them.
9
"10I am the door; ifanyoneentersthrough Me, he will be saved, and will go* in and out and findpasture.
10
"The thiefcomesonly** to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they 11may havelife, and have it abundantly.
11
"12I am the goodshepherd; the goodshepherd13laysdown His life for the sheep.
12
"He who is a hiredhand, and not a 14shepherd, who is not the owner of the sheep, sees the wolfcoming, and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolfsnatches them and scatters them.
13
"He flees because he is a hiredhand and is not concernedabout the sheep.
14
"15I am the goodshepherd, and 16I know My own and My ownknow Me,
15
even as 17the Fatherknows Me and I know the Father; and 18I laydown My life for the sheep.
16
"I have19othersheep, which are not of thisfold; I mustbring them also, and they will hear My voice; and they will become20oneflock with 21oneshepherd.
17
"For thisreason the Fatherloves Me, because I 22laydown My lifeso that I may take it again.
18
"23Noone has taken it away from Me, but I 24lay it down on My owninitiative. I haveauthority to lay it down, and I haveauthority to take it up again. 25Thiscommandment I received from My Father."
19
26A divisionoccurredagainamong the Jewsbecause of thesewords.
20
Many of them were saying, "He 27has a demon and 28is insane. Why do you listen to Him?"
21
Others were saying, "These are not the sayings of one 29demon-possessed. 30A demoncannot*open the eyes of the blind, can he?"