10. A thief comes only to steal and slaughter and destroy; I came so that they might have life and have it more abundantly.
11. I am the good shepherd. A good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
12. A hired man, who is not a shepherd and whose sheep are not his own, sees a wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away, and the wolf catches and scatters them.
13. This is because he works for pay and has no concern for the sheep.
14. I am the good shepherd, and I know mine and mine know me,
15. just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I will lay down my life for the sheep.
16. I have other sheep that do not belong to this fold. These also I must lead, and they will hear my voice, and there will be one flock, one shepherd.
17. This is why the Father loves me, because I lay down my life in order to take it up again.
18. No one takes it from me, but I lay it down on my own. I have power to lay it down, and power to take it up again. This command I have received from my Father.”
19. Again there was a division among the Jews because of these words.
20. Many of them said, “He is possessed and out of his mind; why listen to him?”
21. Others said, “These are not the words of one possessed; surely a demon cannot open the eyes of the blind, can he?”
22. The feast of the Dedication was then taking place in Jerusalem. It was winter.
23. And Jesus walked about in the temple area on the Portico of Solomon.
24. So the Jews gathered around him and said to him, “How long are you going to keep us in suspense? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly.”
25. Jesus answered them, “I told you and you do not believe. The works I do in my Father’s name testify to me.
26. But you do not believe, because you are not among my sheep.
27. My sheep hear my voice; I know them, and they follow me.