The thief cometh only to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they may have life, and may have it in perfection.

I and the Father are one. Then the Jews again took up stones to stone Him.

and I know them, and they follow me.

I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd layeth down his life for the sheep.

And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; nor shall any one force them out of my hand.

Verily, verily I say unto you, He that entreth not into the sheep-fold by the door, but climbeth up some other way, is a thief and a robber.

And if it stiled them gods, to whom the word of God came, (and the scripture cannot be made void,)

I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved; and shall go in and out, and find pasture.

And I have other sheep, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they will hear my voice; so there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.

Now the hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.

Now it was the feast of dedication at Jerusalem, and it was winter.

I am the good shepherd, and I know my own sheep, and am known by them.

Jesus replied, Is it not written in your law, "I have said, ye are gods?"

Jesus therefore said unto them again, Verily, verily I tell you, that I am the door of the sheep.

For this doth the Father love me; because I lay down my life: that I may take it again.

My Father who gave them to me, is greater than all: and therefore none is able to force them out of my Father's hand.

The Jews answered Him, saying, We do not go about to stone thee for a good work, but for blasphemy; and because thou being a man makest thyself God.

None taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself: I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment I have received from my Father.

And many of them said, He is a demoniac, and is mad; why do ye hear Him?

There was a division therefore again among the Jews on account of these words.

Others said, These are not the words of a demoniac; can a demon open the eyes of the blind?

And Jesus was walking about the temple, in Solomon's portico.

But he that cometh in by the door, is the shepherd of the sheep.

All that came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not regard them.

But they will not follow a stranger, but will flee from him; because they know not the voice of strangers.

This parable Jesus spake unto them; but they did not understand what He said to them.

To him the porter openeth, and the sheep hear his voice; and He calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.

Even as the Father knoweth me, and I know the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.

But the hireling, that is not the true shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf seizeth them, and disperseth the sheep.

And when he bringeth forth his sheep, he goeth before them: and the sheep follow him; because they know his voice.

But ye believe not; because ye are not of my sheep: for as I said unto you, my sheep hear my voice,

Many good works have I shewn you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?

Jesus answered them, I have told you, and ye do not believe me: though the works that I do in the name of my Father, testify of me.

to the place where John was at first baptizing, and there He abode.

do ye say of Him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, thou blasphemest, because I said, I am the Son of God?

Then the Jews came round Him, and said unto Him, How long dost thou hold us in suspense? If thou be the Messiah, tell us plainly.

But Jesus said unto them,

But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in Him.

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

Therefore they sought again to seize Him; but He escaped out of their hand, and went away again beyond Jordan,

And many resorted to Him, and said, John wrought no miracle, but all that he said concerning this man, was true.

And many there believed on Him.