12. He 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.
13. The hired hand flees because he is a hired hand, and doesn’t care for the sheep.
14. I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and I’m known by my own;
15. even as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. I lay down my life for the sheep.
16. I 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.
17. Therefore the Father loves me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.
18. No 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.”
19. Therefore a division arose again amongst the Judeans because of these words.
20. Many of them said, “He has a demon, and is insane! Why do you listen to him?”
21. Others 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?”
22. It was the Feast of Hanukkah at Jerusalem.
23. It was winter, and Yeshua was walking in the temple, in Solomon’s porch.
24. The Judeans therefore came around him and said to him, “How long will you hold us in suspense? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly.”