1 Indeed indeed I say to you, he not entering through the door into the fold of the sheep, but going up another way, he a thief is and a robber;

2 he but entering through the door, a shepherd is of the sheep.

3 To him the door–keeper opens; and the sheep the voice of him hears; and the own sheep he calls by name, and he leads out them.

4 And when the own sheep he puts forth, before them he goes; and the sheep him follows, because they know the voice of him.

5 A stranger but not not they may follow, but will flee from him; because not they know of the strangers the voice.

6 This the parable said to them the Jesus; they but not knew, what was, which he spoke to them.

7 Said then again to them the Jesus: Indeed indeed I say to you, that I am the door of the sheep.

8 All as many as came before me, thieves are and robbers; but not heard them the sheep.

9 I am the door; through me if any one may come in, he shall be saved, and shall come in and go out, and pasture shall find.

10 The thief not come, if not that he may steal and may kill, and may destroy; I come, that life they may have, and abundance may have.

11 I am the shepherd the good; the shepherd the good the life of himself lays down in behalf of the sheep.

12 The hireling but, and not being a shepherd, of whom not are the sheep own, see the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep, and flees; and the wolf seizes them, and scatters the sheep.

13 The but hireling flees, because an hireling he is, and not it concerns him about the sheep.

14 I am the shepherd the good; and know the mine, and am known by the mine,

15 as knows me the Father, and I know the Father; and the life of me I lay down in behalf of the sheep.

16 And other sheep I have, which not is of the fold this; also them me it behooves to lead; and the voice of me they will hear, and there will be one flock, one shepherd.

17 Through this the Father me loves, because I lay down the life of me, that again I may receive her;

18 no one takes her from me, but I lay down her of myself; authority I have to lay down her, and authority I have again to receive her; this the command I received from the Father of me.

19 A division then again occurred among the Jews through the words these.

20 Said and many of them: A demon he has, and is mad; why him hear you?

21 Others said: These the words not are of one being demonized; not a demon is able blind eyes to open?

22 Occurred now the feast of dedication in the Jerusalem, and winter it was;

23 and was walking the Jesus in the temple, in the porch of Solomon.

24 Surrounded therefore him the Jews, and said to him: Till when the life of us dost thou take? If thou art the Anointed, tell us plainly.

25 Answered them the Jesus: I told you, and not you believe. The works, which I do in the name of the Father of me these testify concerning me.

26 But you not believe; not for you are of the sheep the mine.

27 As I said to you, the sheep the mine the voice of me hears, and I know them, and they follow me;

28 and I life age–lasting give to them, and not not they will perish into the age, and not will wrest any one them out of the hand of me.

29 The father of me, who has given to me, greater of all is; and no one is able to wrest out of the hand of the Father of me;

30 I and the Father one are.

31 Took up then again stones the Jews, that they might stone him.

32 Answered them the Jesus: Many good works I showed you from the Father of me; because of which of them work do you stone me?

33 Answered him the Jews saying: Concerning a good work not we stone thee, but concerning blasphemy, and that thou, a man being, makest thyself a god.

34 Answered them the Jesus: Not is it having been written in the law of you: I said, gods you are?

35 If them he called gods, to whom the word of the God came, and not is able to be broken the writing;

36 whom the Father set apart, and sent into the world, you say: That thou blasphemest, because I said, A son of the God I am?

37 If not I do the works of the Father of me, not you believe me.

38 If but I do, and if me not you believe, the works believe you; that you may know and you may believe, that in me the Father, and I in him.

39 They sought therefore again him to seize; and he went forth out of the hand of them.

40 And he went again beyond the Jordan, to the place where was John the first dipping; and abode there.

41 And many came to him, and said: That John indeed a sign did not one; all but what things said John concerning this, true was.

42 And believed many there into him.

1 »Truly I tell you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs up some other way is a thief and a robber.

2 »He who enters in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

3 »The doorkeeper opens to him and the sheep hear his voice. He calls his sheep by name and leads them.

4 »When all of his own are out he leads them. The sheep follow him for they know his voice.

5 »They will not follow a stranger but will flee from him. They do not know the voice of a stranger.«

6 They did not understand this illustration Jesus spoke to them.

7 Jesus explained: »I am the door of the sheep.

8 »Thieves and robbers came in place of me but the sheep did not listen to them.

9 »I am the door. If any man enters through me he will be saved. He will go in and out and find pasture.

10 »The thief comes to steal, and 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.

12 »The hired man owns no sheep. He is not the shepherd. He sees the wolf coming and abandons the sheep. The wolf snatches them, and scatters them.

13 »He leaves because he is a hired man and does not care for the sheep.

14 »I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and my own know me.

15 Just as the Father knows me I know the Father! I lay down my life for the sheep.

16 »I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I will also bring them. They will hear my voice and they will become one flock, one shepherd.

17 »The Father loves me. Therefore I lay down my life and I take it back again.

18 »No one takes it away from me, but I lay it down voluntarily. I have authority jurisdictionright to lay it down, and I have authority to take it again. I have received this commandment from my Father.«

19 The Jews were again divided because of what Jesus said.

20 Many of them said: »He has a demon and is mad. Why listen to him?«

21 Others said: »These are not the sayings of one possessed with a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?«

22 It was the feast of the dedication at Jerusalem.

23 It was wintertime. Jesus was walking in the temple on Solomon’s porch the Colonnade of Solomon.

24 The Jews came to him and asked: »How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.«

25 Jesus replied: »I told you and you do not believe. The works that I do in my Father’s name bear witness of me.

26 »You do not believe because you are not my sheep!

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

28 »I give them eternal life. They will never perish. No one will snatch them out of my hand.

29 »My Father has given them to me. He is greater than all and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand.

30 »The Father and I are one united in purpose.«

31 The Jews picked up stones again to stone him.

32 Jesus replied to them: »I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of those works do you stone me?«

33 The Jews answered him: »We do not stone you for good work but for blasphemy. You are a man and you make yourself like God.« (John 1:1)

34 Jesus said: »Is it not written in your law, I said, you are ‘god-like ones’?

35 »So if he called them ‘god-like ones,’ those to whom the word of God came, and the Scriptures may not be annulled,

36 »do you say to the one whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, you blaspheme? And this because I said, I am the Son of God. (Psalm 82:1, 6) (John 1:34; John 5:18) (Luke 1:35)

37 »If I am not doing the works of my Father, do not believe me.

38 »But if I do them and you do not believe me, believe the works! That way you may know and understand that the Father is with me, and I am with the Father.«

39 They tried again to capture him but he escaped from them.

40 He traveled beyond the Jordan into the place where John first baptized and stayed there.

41 Many came to him and they said: »John indeed did not perform a single miracle. Yet everything John said about this man was true.«

42 Many believed in him there.