John 10:5-26

⁵But thei suen not an alien, but fleen from hym; for thei han not knowun the vois of aliens.

⁶Jhesus seide to hem this prouerbe; but thei knewen not what he spak to hem.

⁷Therfor Jhesus seide to hem eftsoone, Treuli, treuli, Y seie to you, that Y am the dore of the scheep.

⁸As many as han come, weren nyyt theues and day theues, but the scheep herden not hem.

⁹Y am the dore. If ony man schal entre bi me, he schal be sauyd; and he schal go ynne, and schal go out, and he schal fynde lesewis.

¹⁰A nyyt theef cometh not, but that he stele, sle, and leese; and Y cam, that thei han lijf, and haue more plenteousli.

¹¹I am a good scheepherde; a good scheepherde yyueth his lijf for hise scheep.

¹²But an hirid hyne, and that is not the scheepherde, whos ben not the scheep his owne, seeth a wolf comynge, and he leeueth the scheep, and fleeth; and the wolf rauyschith, and disparplith the scheep.

¹³And the hirid hyne fleeth, for he is an hirid hyne, and it parteyneth not to hym of the scheep.

¹⁴Y am a good scheepherde, and Y knowe my scheep, and my scheep knowen me.

¹⁵As the fadir hath knowun me, Y knowe the fadir; and Y putte my lijf for my scheep.

¹⁶Y haue othere scheep, that ben not of this foolde, and it bihoueth me to brynge hem togidir, and thei schulen here my vois; and it schal be maad o foolde and o scheepherde.

¹⁷Therfor the fadir loueth me, for Y putte my lijf, that eftsoone Y take it.

¹⁸No man takith it fro me, but Y putte it of my silf. Y haue power to putte it, and Y haue power to take it ayen. This maundement Y haue takun of my fadir.

¹⁹Eft dissencioun was maad among the Jewis for these wordis.

²⁰And many of hem seiden, He hath a deuel, and maddith; what heren ye hym?

²¹Othere men seiden, These wordis ben not of a man that hath a feend. Whether the deuel may opene the iyen of blynde men?

²²But the feestis of halewyng of the temple weren maad in Jerusalem, and it was wyntir.

²³And Jhesus walkide in the temple, in the porche of Salomon.

²⁴Therfor the Jewis camen aboute hym, and seiden to hym, Hou long takist thou awei oure soule? if thou art Crist, seie thou to vs opynli.

²⁵Jhesus answerde to hem, Y speke to you, and ye bileuen not; the werkis that Y do in the name of my fadir, beren witnessyng of me.

²⁶But ye bileuen not, for ye ben not of my scheep.