John 10:7-21 - Jesus The Good Shepherd

⁷ Jesus said therefore again to them, 'Verily, verily, I say to you -- I am the door of the sheep; ⁸ all, as many as came before me, are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them; ⁹ I am the door, through me if any one may come in, he shall be saved, and he shall come in, and go out, and find pasture. ¹⁰ The thief doth not come, except that he may 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 his life layeth down for the sheep; ¹² and the hireling, and not being a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, doth behold the wolf coming, and doth leave the sheep, and doth flee; and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep; ¹³ and the hireling doth flee because he is an hireling, and is not caring for the sheep.

¹⁴ I am the good shepherd, and I know my sheep, and am known by mine, ¹⁵ according as the Father doth know me, and I know the Father, and my life I lay down for the sheep, ¹⁶ and other sheep I have that are not of this fold, these also it behoveth me to bring, and my voice they will hear, and there shall become one flock -- one shepherd. ¹⁷ 'Because of this doth the Father love me, because I lay down my life, that again I may take it; ¹⁸ no one doth take it from me, but I lay it down of myself; authority I have to lay it down, and authority I have again to take it; this command I received from my Father.'

¹⁹ Therefore, again, there came a division among the Jews, because of these words, ²⁰ and many of them said, 'He hath a demon, and is mad, why do ye hear him?' ²¹ others said, 'These sayings are not those of a demoniac; is a demon able blind men's eyes to open?'