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10:1 "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbs up some other way, he is a thief and a robber. 10:2 "But he who enters by the door is a shepherd of the sheep. 10:3 "To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out. 10:4 "When he puts forth all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice. 10:5 "And a stranger they simply will not follow, but will flee from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers." 10:6 This figure of speech Jesus spoke to them, but they did not understand what those things were which He had been saying to them. 10:7 Jesus therefore said to them again, "Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. 10:8 "All who came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them. 10:9 "I am the door; if anyone enters through Me, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. 10:10 "The thief comes only to steal, and kill, and destroy; I came that they might have life, and might have [it] abundantly. 10:11 "I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep. 10:12 "He who is a hireling, and not a shepherd, who is not the owner of the sheep, beholds the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep, and flees, and the wolf snatches them, and scatters [them]. 10:13 ["He flees] because he is a hireling, and is not concerned about the sheep. 10:14 "I am the good shepherd; and I know My own, and My own know Me, 10:15 even as the Father knows Me and I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep. 10:16 "And I have other sheep, which are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they shall hear My voice; and they shall become one flock [with] one shepherd. 10:17 "For this reason the Father loves Me, because I lay down My life that I may take it again. 10:18 "No one has taken it away from Me, but I lay it down on My own initiative. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This commandment I received from My Father." 10:19 There arose a division again among the Jews because of these words. 10:20 And many of them were saying, "He has a demon and is insane. Why do you listen to Him?" 10:21 Others were saying, "These are not the sayings of one demon-possessed. A demon cannot open the eyes of the blind, can he?" 10:22 At that time the Feast of the Dedication took place at Jerusalem; 10:23 it was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple in the portico of Solomon. 10:24 The Jews therefore gathered around Him, and were saying to Him, "How long will You keep us in suspense? If You are the Christ, tell us plainly." 10:25 Jesus answered them, "I told you, and you do not believe; the works that I do in My Father's name, these bear witness of Me. 10:26 "But you do not believe, because you are not of My sheep. 10:27 "My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me; 10:28 and I give eternal life to them, and they shall never perish; and no one shall snatch them out of My hand. 10:29 "My Father, who has given [them] to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch [them] out of the Father's hand. 10:30 "I and the Father are one." 10:31 The Jews took up stones again to stone Him. 10:32 Jesus answered them, "I showed you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you stoning Me?" 10:33 The Jews answered Him, "For a good work we do not stone You, but for blasphemy; and because You, being a man, make Yourself out [to be] God." 10:34 Jesus answered them, "Has it not been written in your Law, 'I said, you are gods '? 10:35 "If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture cannot be broken), 10:36 do you say of Him, whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, 'You are blaspheming,' because I said, 'I am the Son of God '? 10:37 "If I do not do the works of My Father, do not believe Me; 10:38 but if I do them, though you do not believe Me, believe the works, that you may know and understand that the Father is in Me, and I in the Father." 10:39 Therefore they were seeking again to seize Him, and He eluded their grasp. 10:40 And He went away again beyond the Jordan to the place where John was first baptizing, and He was staying there. 10:41 And many came to Him and were saying, "While John performed no sign, yet everything John said about this man was true." 10:42 And many believed in Him there.