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 putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.

⁵And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.

⁶This parable spoke Jesus to them: but they understood not what things they were which he spoke to them.

⁷Then said Jesus to them again, Verily, verily, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.

⁸All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.

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

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

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

¹²But he that is a hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth, and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.

¹³The hireling fleeth, because he is a hireling, and careth not for the sheep.

¹⁴I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep , and am known by mine.

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

¹⁶And other sheep I have which 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 my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.

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

¹⁹There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings.

²⁰And many of them said, He hath a demon, and is insane; why hear ye him?

²¹Others said, These are not the words of him that hath a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?

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

²³And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch.

²⁴Then came the Jews around him, and said to him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou art the Christ, tell us plainly.

²⁵Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I did in my Father's name, they testify concerning me.

²⁶But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said to you.

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

²⁸And I give to them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any pluck them out of my hand.

²⁹My Father, who gave them to me, is greater than all; and none is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.

³⁰I and my Father are one.

³¹Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.