[10:1] “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber.
[10:2] But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
[10:3] To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
[10:4] When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.
[10:5] A stranger they will not follow, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.”
[10:6] This figure of speech Jesus used with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.
[10:7] So Jesus again said to them, “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 listen to them.
[10:9] I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture.
[10:10] The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and 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 hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees 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 hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep.
[10:14] I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me,
[10:15] just 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 that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd.
[10:17] For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it up again.
[10:18] No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from my Father.”
[10:19] There was again a division among the Jews because of these words.
[10:20] Many of them said, “He has a demon, and is insane; why listen to him?”
[10:21] Others said, “These are not the words of one who is oppressed by a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”