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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 Jesusused with them, but theydid 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 andfind pasture.
10 : 10 The thief comes only to steal andkill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.
10 : 11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherdlays down his life for the sheep.
10 : 12 He who isa hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming andleaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them andscatters them.
10 : 13 He flees becausehe is a hired hand andcares nothing for the sheep.
10 : 14 I am the good shepherd.I know my own andmy own know me,
10 : 15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; andI lay down my life for the sheep.
10 : 16 AndI have other sheep that are not of this fold.I must bring them also, andthey will listen to my voice. So there will beone flock,one shepherd.
10 : 17 For this reason the Father loves me,becauseI lay down my life that I may take it up again.
10 : 18 No one takes it from me, butI lay it downof my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, andI 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, andis 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?
10 : 22 At that time the Feast of Dedication took place at Jerusalem. It was winter,
10 : 23 and Jesus was walking in the temple,in the colonnade of Solomon.
10 : 24 So the Jews gathered around him and said to him,How long will you keep us in suspense? If you arethe Christ,tell us plainly.
10 : 25 Jesus answered them,I told you, and you do not believe.The works that I doin my Father's name bear witness about me,
10 : 26 butyou do not believe because you are not among my sheep.
10 : 27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
10 : 28 I give them eternal life, andthey will never perish, andno one will 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 ofthe Father's hand.
10 : 30 I and the Father are one.
10 : 31 The Jews picked up stones again to stone him.
10 : 32 Jesus answered them,I have shown you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you going to stone me?
10 : 33 The Jews answered him,It is not for a good work that we are going to stone you butfor blasphemy, because you, being a man,make yourself God.
10 : 34 Jesus answered them,Is it not written inyour Law,I said, you are gods?
10 : 35 If he called them gods to whom the word of God came&emdash;and Scripture cannot bebroken&emdash;
10 : 36 do you say of him whomthe Father consecrated andsent into the world,You are blaspheming,becauseI said,I am the Son of God?
10 : 37 If I am not doing the works of my Father, then do not believe me;
10 : 38 but if I do them,even though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and understand thatthe Father is in me and I am in the Father.
10 : 39 Again they sought to arrest him, but he escaped from their hands.
10 : 40 He went away again across the Jordan to the placewhere John had been baptizing at first, and there he remained.
10 : 41 And many came to him. And they said,John did no sign, buteverything that John said about this man was true.
10 : 42 Andmany believed in him there.