1 Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber. 2 But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. 3 To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 4 When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. 5 y[ver. 12, 13] A stranger they will not follow, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers. ” 6 This figure of speech Jesuszch. 9:40 used with them, but theyaSee Mark 9:32 did not understand what he was saying to them.
7 So Jesus again said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you,bver. 9; [ch. 14:6; Eph. 2:18] I am the door of the sheep. 8 All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. 9 I am the door. If anyone enters by me,c[ch. 5:34] he will be saved and will go in and out anddPs. 23:2; Ezek. 34:14 find pasture. 10 The thief comes only to steal ande[Jer. 23:1; Ezek. 34:3] kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. 11 fIsa. 40:11; Ezek. 34:12, 23; 37:24; Zech. 13:7; Heb. 13:20; 1 Pet. 2:25; 5:4; [ch. 21:15-17; Ps. 23; Rev. 7:17] I am the good shepherd. The good shepherdgver. 15, 17; ch. 15:13; 1 John 3:16; [Matt. 20:28; Mark 10:45] lays down his life for the sheep. 12 He who ish[Ezek. 34:2-6] a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming andiZech. 11:17; 13:7 leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them andj[Jer. 23:1-3] scatters them. 13 He flees becausek[1 Pet. 5:2] he is a hired hand andlZech. 11:16 cares nothing for the sheep. 14 mSee ver. 11 I am the good shepherd.nver. 27; Nah. 1:7; 2 Tim. 2:19 I know my own andover. 4 my own know me, 15 pSee Matt. 11:27 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; andqSee ver. 11 I lay down my life for the sheep. 16 AndrIsa. 56:8 I have other sheep that are not of this fold.s[Ezek. 34:11-13; Matt. 8:11, 12; Eph. 2:13-18; 1 Pet. 2:25] I must bring them also, andtch. 5:25; 18:37; [Acts 28:28] they will listen to my voice. So there will beu[ch. 11:52; 12:32; 17:11, 21, 22] one flock,vEzek. 34:23; 37:24 one shepherd. 17 wPhil. 2:9; See ch. 5:20 For this reason the Father loves me,xIsa. 53:7, 8, 12; Heb. 2:9 becauseyver. 11 I lay down my life that I may take it up again. 18 z[Matt. 26:53] No one takes it from me, buty[See ver. 17 above] I lay it downa[ch. 5:30] of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, andbch. 2:19; [Phil. 2:7] I have authority to take it up again.cch. 12:49; 14:31; 15:10 This charge I have received from my Father. ”
19 dch. 7:43; 9:16 There was again a division among the Jews because of these words. 20 Many of them said,eSee ch. 7:20 “He has a demon, andf[Mark 3:21] is insane; why listen to him? ” 21 Others said, “These are not the words of one who is oppressed by a demon.g[Ex. 4:11; Ps. 146:8]; See ch. 9:33 Can a demon open the eyes of the blind? ”
22 At that time the Feast of Dedication took place at Jerusalem. It was winter, 23 and Jesus was walking in the temple,hActs 3:11; 5:12 in the colonnade of Solomon. 24 So the Jews gathered around him and said to him, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you areich. 1:41 the Christ,jMatt. 26:63; Luke 22:67 tell us plainly. ” 25 Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe.kver. 38; See ch. 5:36 The works that I dolSee ch. 5:43 in my Father's name bear witness about me, 26 butm[ch. 8:47] you do not believe because you are not part of my flock. 27 nver. 14, 16 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. 28 o[1 John 2:25; 5:11] I give them eternal life, andpch. 17:12; 18:9 they will never perish, andqch. 6:37 no one will snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father,rch. 6:37; 17:2 who has given them to me,s[ch. 14:28] is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out oft[Deut. 32:39; Isa. 49:2; 51:16] the Father's hand. 30 uch. 17:11, 22; [ch. 5:19; 14:9] I and the Father are one. ”
31 vch. 8:59 The Jews picked up stones again to stone him. 32 Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you going to stone me? ” 33 The Jews answered him, “It is not for a good work that we are going to stone you butwSee Lev. 24:16; Matt. 9:3 for blasphemy, because you, being a man,xch. 5:18 make yourself God. ” 34 Jesus answered them, “Is it not written iny[ch. 12:34; 15:25; 1 Cor. 14:21] your Law,zCited from Ps. 82:6 ‘I said, you are gods ’? 35 If he called them gods to whom the word of God came—and Scripture cannot bea[Matt. 5:17, 19] broken— 36 do you say of him whomb[ch. 6:27] the Father consecrated andcSee ch. 3:17 sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming, ’ becausedch. 5:17, 18; [ver. 30] I said, ‘I am the Son of God ’? 37 ech. 15:24 If I am not doing the works of my Father, then do not believe me; 38 but if I do them,fver. 25; [ch. 14:11] even though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and understand thatgch. 14:10, 11, 20; 17:21, 23; [ch. 8:29] the Father is in me and I am in the Father. ” 39 hch. 7:30, 44 Again they sought to arrest him, but he escaped from their hands.
40 He went away again across the Jordan to the placeich. 1:28 where John had been baptizing at first, and there he remained. 41 And many came to him. And they said, “John did no sign, butjch. 1:7, 29-34; 3:27-30; 5:33 everything that John said about this man was true. ” 42 AndkSee ch. 7:31 many believed in him there.