1 ` Verily, verily, I say to you, He who is not entering through the door to the fold of the sheep, but is going up from another side, that one is a thief and a robber;

2 a nd he who is entering through the door is shepherd of the sheep;

3 t o this one the doorkeeper doth open, and the sheep hear his voice, and his own sheep he doth call by name, and doth lead them forth;

4 a nd when his own sheep he may put forth, before them he goeth on, and the sheep follow him, because they have known his voice;

5 a nd a stranger they will not follow, but will flee from him, because they have not known the voice of strangers.'

6 T his similitude spake Jesus to them, and they knew not what the things were that he was speaking to them;

7 J esus said therefore again to them, `Verily, verily, I say to you -- I am the door of the sheep;

8 a ll, 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 abundantly.

11 ` I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd his life layeth down for the sheep;

12 a nd 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 a nd 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, and am known by mine,

15 a ccording as the Father doth know me, and I know the Father, and my life I lay down for the sheep,

16 a nd 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 n o 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 T herefore, again, there came a division among the Jews, because of these words,

20 a nd many of them said, `He hath a demon, and is mad, why do ye hear him?'

21 o thers said, `These sayings are not those of a demoniac; is a demon able blind men's eyes to open?'

22 A nd the dedication in Jerusalem came, and it was winter,

23 a nd Jesus was walking in the temple, in the porch of Solomon,

24 t he Jews, therefore, came round about him, and said to him, `Till when our soul dost thou hold in suspense? if thou art the Christ, tell us freely.'

25 J esus answered them, `I told you, and ye do not believe; the works that I do in the name of my Father, these testify concerning me;

26 b ut ye do not believe, for ye are not of my sheep,

27 a ccording as I said to you: My sheep my voice do hear, and I know them, and they follow me,

28 a nd life age-during I give to them, and they shall not perish -- to the age, and no one shall pluck them out of my hand;

29 m y Father, who hath given to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to pluck out of the hand of my Father;

30 I and the Father are one.'

31 T herefore, again, did the Jews take up stones that they may stone him;

32 J esus answered them, `Many good works did I shew you from my Father; because of which work of them do ye stone me?'

33 T he Jews answered him, saying, `For a good work we do not stone thee, but for evil speaking, and because thou, being a man, dost make thyself God.'

34 J esus answered them, `Is it not having been written in your law: I said, ye are gods?

35 i f them he did call gods unto whom the word of God came, (and the Writing is not able to be broken,)

36 o f him whom the Father did sanctify, and send to the world, do ye say -- Thou speakest evil, because I said, Son of God I am?

37 i f I do not the works of my Father, do not believe me;

38 a nd if I do, even if me ye may not believe, the works believe, that ye may know and may believe that in me the Father, and I in Him.'

39 T herefore were they seeking again to seize him, and he went forth out of their hand,

40 a nd went away again to the other side of the Jordan, to the place where John was at first baptizing, and remained there,

41 a nd many came unto him, and said -- `John, indeed, did no sign, and all things, as many as John said about this one were true;'

42 a nd many did believe in him there.