John 10:3-31

³To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.

⁴And when he hath let out his own sheep, he goeth before them: and the sheep follow him, because they know his voice.

⁵But a stranger they follow not, but fly from him, because they know not the voice of strangers.

⁶This proverb Jesus spoke to them. But they understood not what he spoke to them.

⁷Jesus therefore said to them again: Amen, amen I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.

⁸All others, as many as have come, are thieves and robbers: and the sheep heard them not.

⁹I am the door. By me, if any man enter in, he shall be saved: and he shall go in, and go out, and shall find pastures.

¹⁰The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I am come that they may have life, and may have it more abundantly.

¹¹I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd giveth his life for his sheep.

¹²But the hireling, and he that is not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and flieth: and the wolf catcheth, and scattereth the sheep:

¹³And the hireling flieth, because he is a hireling: and he hath no care for the sheep.

¹⁴I am the good shepherd; and I know mine, and mine know me.

¹⁵As the Father knoweth me, and I know the Father: and I lay down my life for my sheep.

¹⁶And other sheep I have, that are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice, and there shall be one fold and one shepherd.

¹⁷Therefore doth the Father love me: because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.

¹⁸No man taketh it away from me: but I lay it down of myself, and I have power to lay it down: and I have power to take it up again. This commandment have I received of my Father.

¹⁹A dissension rose again among the Jews for these words.

²⁰And many of them said: He hath a devil, and is mad: why hear you him?

²¹Others said: These are not the words of one that hath a devil: Can a devil open the eyes of the blind?

²²And it was the feast of the dedication at Jerusalem: and it was winter.

²³And Jesus walked in the temple, in Solomon’s porch.

²⁴The Jews therefore came round about him, and said to him: How long dost thou hold our souls in suspense? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly.

²⁵Jesus answered them: I speak to you, and you believe not: the works that I do in the name of my Father, they give testimony of me.

²⁶But you do not believe, because you are not of my sheep.

²⁷My sheep hear my voice: and I know them, and they follow me.

²⁸And I give them life everlasting; and they shall not perish for ever, and no man shall pluck them out of my hand.

²⁹That which my Father hath given me, is greater than all: and no one can snatch them out of the hand of my Father.

³⁰I and the Father are one.

³¹The Jews then took up stones to stone him.