¹¹fI am the good shepherd. The good shepherd glays down his life for the sheep. ¹²He who is ha hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and ileaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and jscatters them. ¹³He flees because khe is a hired hand and lcares nothing for the sheep. ¹⁴mI am the good shepherd. nI know my own and omy own know me, ¹⁵pjust as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and qI lay down my life for the sheep. ¹⁶And rI have other sheep that are not of this fold. sI must bring them also, and tthey will listen to my voice. So there will be uone flock, vone shepherd. ¹⁷wFor this reason the Father loves me, xbecause yI lay down my life that I may take it up again. ¹⁸zNo one takes it from me, but yI lay it down aof my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and bI have authority to take it up again. cThis charge I have received from my Father.”

¹⁹dThere was again a division among the Jews because of these words. ²⁰Many of them said, e“He has a demon, and fis insane; why listen to him?” ²¹Others said, “These are not the words of one who is oppressed by a demon. gCan a demon open the eyes of the blind?”

I and the Father Are One

²²At that time the Feast of Dedication took place at Jerusalem. It was winter, ²³and Jesus was walking in the temple, hin the colonnade of Solomon. ²⁴So the Jews gathered around him and said to him, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are ithe Christ, jtell us plainly.” ²⁵Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe. kThe works that I do lin my Father's name bear witness about me, ²⁶but myou do not believe because you are not among my sheep. ²⁷nMy sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. ²⁸oI give them eternal life, and pthey will never perish, and qno one will snatch them out of my hand. ²⁹My Father, rwho has given them to me,1 sis greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of tthe Father's hand. ³⁰uI and the Father are one.”

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