John 10:5-26

⁵But they (pur)sue not an alien, but flee from him; for they have not known the voice of aliens. (But they do not follow a stranger, but flee from him; for they do not know the voice of strangers.)

⁶Jesus said to them this proverb; but they knew not what he spake to them.

⁷Therefore Jesus said to them again, Truly, truly, I say to you, (or Truly, I tell you the truth), I am the door of the sheep.

⁸As many as have come, were night thieves and day thieves, but the sheep heard not them (or but the sheep did not listen to them).

⁹I am the door. If any man shall enter by me, he shall be saved; and he shall go in, and shall go out, and he shall find pastures.

¹⁰A night thief cometh not, no but that he steal, slay, and lose, (or except to steal, kill, and destroy); and I came, (so) that they (can) have life, and have (it) more plenteously.

¹¹I am a good shepherd; a good shepherd giveth his life for his sheep.

¹²But an hired hind, and that is not the shepherd, (or But a hired hand, and who is not the shepherd), whose be not the sheep his own or whose the sheep be not his own, seeth a wolf coming, and he leaveth the sheep, and fleeth; and the wolf ravisheth (or snatcheth up), and scattereth the sheep.

¹³And the hired hind fleeth, for he is an hired hind, (or And the hired hand fleeth, for he is but a hired hand), and it pertaineth not to him of the sheep.

¹⁴I am a good shepherd, and I know my sheep, and my sheep know me.

¹⁵As the Father hath known me, I know the Father; and I put (forth or lay down) my life for my sheep.

¹⁶I have other sheep, that be not of this fold, and it behooveth me to bring them together, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be made one fold and one shepherd.

¹⁷Therefore the Father loveth me, for I put (forth) my life, that again I take it. (And so the Father loveth me, for I lay down my life, so that I can receive it back again.)

¹⁸No man taketh it from me, but I put it of myself. I have power to put it, and I have power to take it again. This commandment I have taken of my Father. (No one taketh it from me, but I lay it down by myself. I have the power to put it forth, and I have the power to receive it back again. This commandment I have received from my Father.)

¹⁹Again dissension was made among the Jews for these words.

²⁰And many of them said, He hath a devil, and maddeth, or waxeth mad; what hear ye him? (or why listen to him?)

²¹Other men said, These words be not of a man that hath a devil. Whether the devil may open the eyes of blind men? or Whether a devil may open the eyes of blind men?

²²But the feasts of (the) hallowing of the temple (or the Feast or the Festival of Dedication) were made in Jerusalem, and it was winter.

²³And Jesus walked in the temple, in (or on) the porch of Solomon.

²⁴Therefore the Jews came about him, and said to him, How long takest thou away our soul? if thou art Christ (or if thou art the Messiah), say thou to us openly or plainly.

²⁵Jesus answered to them, I speak to you, and ye believe not; the works that I do in the name of my Father, bear witnessing of me (or testify about me).

²⁶But ye believe not, for ye be not of my sheep.