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1“Most certainly , I tell you , one who doesn’ t enter by the door into the sheep fold, but climbs up some other way , is a thief and a robber .
2But one who enters in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep .
3The gatekeeper opens the gate for him , and the sheep listen to his voice . He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out .
4Whenever he brings out his own sheep , he goes before them ; and the sheep follow him , for they know his voice .
5They will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him ; for they don’ t know the voice of strangers.”
6Jesus spoke this parable to them , but they didn’t understand what he was telling them .
7Jesus therefore said to them again , “Most certainly, I tell you , I am the sheep ’s door .
8All who came before me are thieves and robbers , but the sheep didn’ t listen to them .
9I am the door . If anyone enters in by me , he will be saved , and will go in and go out and will find pasture .
10The thief only comes to steal , kill , and destroy. I came that they may have life , and may have it abundantly .
11“ I am the good shepherd . The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep .[#Isaiah 40:11; Ezekiel 34:11-12,15,22]
12He who is a hired hand , and not a shepherd , who doesn’ t own the sheep , sees the wolf coming , leaves the sheep , and flees . The wolf snatches the sheep and scatters them .
13The hired hand flees because he is a hired hand and doesn’ t care for the sheep .
14I am the good shepherd . I know my own , and I ’m known by my own ;
15even as the Father knows me , and I know the Father . I lay down my life for the sheep .
16I have other sheep which are not of this fold . I must bring them also , and they will hear my voice . They will become one flock with one shepherd .[#Isaiah 56:8]
17Therefore the Father loves me , because I lay down my life , that I may take it again .[#Isaiah 53:7-8]
18No one takes it away from me , but I lay it down by myself . I have power to lay it down , and I have power to take it again . I received this commandment from my Father .”
19Therefore a division arose again amongst the Jews because of these words .
20Many of them said , “He has a demon and is insane ! Why do you listen to him ?”
21Others said , “These are not the sayings of one possessed by a demon . It isn’t possible for a demon to open the eyes of the blind , is it ?”[#Exodus 4:11]
22It was the Feast of the Dedication at Jerusalem .[#10:22 The “Feast of the Dedication” is the Greek name for “Hanukkah”, a celebration of the rededication of the Temple.]
23It was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple , in Solomon ’s porch .
24The Jews therefore came around him and said to him , “How long will you hold us in suspense ? If you are the Christ , tell us plainly .”
25Jesus answered them , “ I told you , and you don’ t believe . The works that I do in my Father ’s name , these testify about me .
26But you don’ t believe , because you are not of my sheep , as I told you .
27My sheep hear my voice , and I know them , and they follow me .
28I give eternal life to them . They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand .
29My Father who has given them to me is greater than all . No one is able to snatch them out of my Father ’s hand .
30I and the Father are one .”
31Therefore the Jews took up stones again to stone him .
32Jesus answered them , “ I have shown you many good works from my Father . For which of those works do you stone me ?”
33The Jews answered him , “We don’t stone you for a good work , but for blasphemy, because you , being a man , make yourself God .”
34Jesus answered them , “Isn’ t it written in your law , ‘ I said , you are gods ’?[#Psalms 82:6]
35If he called them gods , to whom the word of God came ( and the Scripture can ’ t be broken ),
36do you say of him whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world , ‘ You blaspheme,’ because I said , ‘ I am the Son of God ’?
37If I don’ t do the works of my Father , don’ t believe me .
38But if I do them , though you don’ t believe me , believe the works , that you may know and believe that the Father is in me , and I in the Father .”
39They sought again to seize him , and he went out of their hand .
40He went away again beyond the Jordan into the place where John was baptising at first , and he stayed there .
41Many came to him . They said , “John indeed did no sign , but everything that John said about this man is true.”
42Many believed in him there .