5. But they do not follow a stranger; instead they flee from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers."
6. Jesus spoke this proverb to them. But they did not understand what he was saying to them.
7. Therefore, Jesus spoke to them again: "Amen, amen, I say to you, that I am the door of the sheep.
8. All others, as many as have come, are thieves and robbers, and the sheep did not listen to them.
9. I am the door. If anyone has entered through me, he will be saved. And he shall go in and go out, and he shall find pastures.
10. The thief does not come, except so that he may steal and slaughter and destroy. I have come so that they may have life, and have it more abundantly.
11. I am the good Shepherd. The good Shepherd gives his life for his sheep.
12. But the hired hand, and whoever is not a shepherd, to whom the sheep do not belong, he sees the wolf approaching, and he departs from the sheep and flees. And the wolf ravages and scatters the sheep.
13. And the hired hand flees, because he is a hired hand and there is no concern for the sheep within him.
14. I am the good Shepherd, and I know my own, and my own know me,
15. just as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. And I lay down my life for my sheep.
16. And I have other sheep that are not of this fold, and I must lead them. They shall hear my voice, and there shall be one sheepfold and one shepherd.
17. For this reason, the Father loves me: because I lay down my life, so that I may take it up again.
18. No one takes it away from me. Instead, I lay it down of my own accord. And I have the power to lay it down. And I have the power to take it up again. This is the commandment that I have received from my Father."
19. A dissension occurred again among the Jews because of these words.
20. Then many of them were saying: "He has a demon or he is insane. Why do you listen him?"
21. Others were saying: "These are not the words of someone who has a demon. How would a demon be able to open the eyes of the blind?"
22. Now it was the Feast of the Dedication at Jerusalem, and it was winter.