10:7 So Jesus said to them again, “I tell you the solemn truth, ⁴  I am the door for the sheep. ⁵  10:8 All who came before me were ⁶  thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. ⁷  10:9 I am the door. If anyone enters through me, he will be saved, and will come in and go out, ⁸  and find pasture. ⁹  10:10 The thief comes only to steal and kill ¹⁰  and destroy; I have come so that they may have life, and may have it abundantly. ¹¹ 

10:11 “I am the good ¹²  shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life ¹³  for the sheep. 10:12 The hired hand, ¹⁴  who is not a shepherd and does not own sheep, sees the wolf coming and abandons ¹⁵  the sheep and runs away. ¹⁶  So the wolf attacks ¹⁷  the sheep and scatters them. 10:13 Because he is a hired hand and is not concerned about the sheep, ¹⁸  he runs away. ¹⁹ 

10:14 “I am the good shepherd. I ²⁰  know my own ²¹  and my own know me – 10:15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father – and I lay down my life ²²  for ²³  the sheep. 10:16 I have ²⁴  other sheep that do not come from ²⁵  this sheepfold. ²⁶  I must bring them too, and they will listen to my voice, ²⁷  so that ²⁸  there will be one flock and ²⁹  one shepherd. 10:17 This is why the Father loves me ³⁰  – because I lay down my life, ³¹  so that I may take it back again. 10:18 No one takes it away from me, but I lay it down ³²  of my own free will. ³³  I have the authority ³⁴  to lay it down, and I have the authority ³⁵  to take it back again. This commandment ³⁶  I received from my Father.”

10:19 Another sharp division took place among the Jewish people ³⁷  because of these words. 10:20 Many of them were saying, “He is possessed by a demon and has lost his mind! ³⁸  Why do you listen to him?” 10:21 Others said, “These are not the words ³⁹  of someone possessed by a demon. A demon cannot cause the blind to see, ⁴⁰  can it?” ⁴¹ 

10:22 Then came the feast of the Dedication ⁴²  in Jerusalem. ⁴³  10:23 It was winter, ⁴⁴  and Jesus was walking in the temple area ⁴⁵  in Solomon’s Portico. ⁴⁶  10:24 The Jewish leaders ⁴⁷  surrounded him and asked, ⁴⁸  “How long will you keep us in suspense? ⁴⁹  If you are the Christ, ⁵⁰  tell us plainly.” ⁵¹  10:25 Jesus replied, ⁵²  “I told you and you do not believe. The deeds ⁵³  I do in my Father’s name testify about me. 10:26 But you refuse to believe because you are not my sheep. 10:27 My sheep listen to my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. 10:28 I give ⁵⁴  them eternal life, and they will never perish; ⁵⁵  no one will snatch ⁵⁶  them from my hand. 10:29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, ⁵⁷  and no one can snatch ⁵⁸  them from my Father’s hand.