John 10:7-21 - Jesus The Good Shepherd
7 Jesus explained: I am the door of the sheep. 8 Thieves and robbers came in place of me but the sheep did not listen to them. 9 I am the door. If any man enters through me he will be saved. He will go in and out and find pasture. 10 The thief comes to steal, and kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.
11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12 The hired man owns no sheep. He is not the shepherd. He sees the wolf coming and abandons the sheep. The wolf snatches them, and scatters them. 13 He leaves because he is a hired man and does not care for the sheep.
14 I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and my own know me. 15 Just as the Father knows me I know the Father! I lay down my life for the sheep. 16 I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I will also bring them. They will hear my voice and they will become one flock, one shepherd. 17 The Father loves me. Therefore I lay down my life and I take it back again. 18 No one takes it away from me, but I lay it down voluntarily. I have authority (jurisdiction) (right) to lay it down, and I have authority to take it again. I have received this commandment from my Father.
19 The Jews were again divided because of what Jesus said. 20 Many of them said: He has a demon and is mad. Why listen to him? 21 Others said: These are not the sayings of one possessed with a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?