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[1]Verily, verily, I say to you, That he who doth not enter by the door into the fold of the flock, but climbeth up in some other place, he is a thief and a robber.
[2]But he that entereth by the door, is the shepherd of the flock.
[3]And to him the door-keeper openeth the door; and the sheep hear his voice. And he calleth the sheep by their names, and leadeth them out.
[4]And when he hath led out his flock, he goeth before it; and his sheep follow him, because they know his voice.
[5]But after a stranger the flock will not follow, but it fleeth from him; because it knoweth not the voice of a stranger.
[6]This allegory spake Jesus to them; but they knew not what he said to them.
[7]And Jesus said to them again: Verily, verily, I say to you, That I am the door of the flock.
[8]All those who have come, were thieves and robbers: but the flock did not hear them.
[9]I am the door: and if any enter by me, he will live, and will come in and go out, and will find pasture.
[10]The thief cometh not, but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy. I have come, that they may have life, and may have that which is excellent.
[11]I am a good shepherd. A good shepherd exposeth his life for the sheep.
[12]But a hireling, who is not the shepherd, and to whom the sheep do not belong, when he seeth the wolf coming, leaveth the flock, and fleeth; and the wolf cometh, and teareth, and disperseth the flock.
[13]And a hireling fleeth, because he is a hireling, and hath no concern for the flock.
[14]I am a good shepherd; and I know my own [sheep], and am known by my own.
[15]As my Father knoweth me, so know I my Father; and I expose my life for the flock.
[16]And I have other sheep, which are not of this fold: and them also I must bring; and they will hear my voice; and the whole will be one flock, and one shepherd.
[17]For this cause my Father loveth me, that I lay down my life, to resume it again.
[18]There is no one that taketh it from me; but I lay it down of my own pleasure: for I have authority to lay it down, and authority to resume it again; because I have received this command from my Father.
[19]And again there was a division among the Jews, on account of these sayings.
[20]And many of them said: He hath a demon, and is wholly beside himself; why hear ye him?
[21]But others said: These are not the discourses of a demoniac: can a demon open the eyes of one blind?
[22]And the feast of the dedication was [held] at Jerusalem, and it was winter.
[23]And Jesus walked in the temple, in the porch of Solomon.
[24]And the Jews gathered around him; and said to him: how long holdest thou our mind in suspense? If thou art the Messiah, tell us plainly.
[25]Jesus answered, and said to them: I have told you, and ye did not believe. The works which I do in the name of my Father, they testify of me
[26]But ye do not believe, because ye are not of my sheep, as I have said to you.
[27]My sheep hear my voice: and I know them: and they go after me.
[28]And I give to them life eternal: and they will never be lost: nor will any one pluck them from my hand.
[29]For my Father, who gave [them] to me, is greater than all; nor can any pluck from my Father's hand.
[30]I and my Father are one.
[31]And again the Jews took up stones, to stone him.
[32]Jesus said to them: Many good works have I showed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?
[33]The Jews said to him: It is not on account of good works, that we stone thee: but because thou blasphemest; and, whilst thou art a man, thou makest thyself God.
[34]Jesus said to them: Is it not written in your law, I have said, Ye are gods?
[35]If he called them gods, because the word of God was with them, and the scripture cannot be nullified;
[36]do ye say to him, whom the Father, hath sanctified and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said to you, I am the Son of God?
[37]And if I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.
[38]But if I do [them], although ye believe not me, yet believe the works; that ye may know and believe, that my Father is in me, and I in my Father.
[39]And again they sought to lay hold of him; but he escaped out of their hands;
[40]and retired to the other side of the Jordan, to the place where John at first baptized, and tarried there.
[41]And many persons came to him: and they said, John indeed wrought not even one sign; but every thing that John said of his man, was true.
[42]And many believed on him.
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