d pastures.
10:10. The thief cometh not, but for to steal and to kill and to
destroy. I am come that they may have life and may have it more
abundantly.
10:11. I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd giveth his life for his
sheep.
10:12. But the hireling and he that is not the shepherd, whose own the
sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming and leaveth the sheep and flieth:
and the wolf casteth and scattereth the sheep,
10:13. And the hireling flieth, because he is a hireling: and he hath no
care for the sheep.
10:14. I am the good shepherd: and I know mine, and mine know me.
10:15. As the Father knoweth me, and I know the Father: and I lay down
my life for my sheep.
10:16. And other sheep I have that are not of this fold: them also I
must bring. And they shall hear my voice: And there shall be one fold
and one shepherd.
10:17. Therefore doth the Father love me: because I lay down my life,
that I may take it again.
10:18. No man taketh it away from me: but I lay it down of myself. And
I have power to lay it down: and I have power to take it up again. This
commandment have I received of my Father.
10:19. A dissension rose again among the Jews for these words.
10:20. And many of them said: He hath a devil and is mad. Why hear you
him?
10:21. Others said: These are not the words of one that hath a devil.
Can a devil open the eyes of the blind?
10:22. And it was the feast of the dedication at Jerusalem: and it was
winter.
10:23. And Jesus walked in the temple, in Solomon's porch.
10:24. The Jews therefore came round about him and said to him: How long
dost thou hold our souls in suspense? If thou be the Christ, tell us
plainly.
10:25. Jesus answered them: I speak to you, and you believe not: the
works that I do in the name of my Father, they give testimony 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 them life everlasting: and they shall not perish for
ever. And no man shall pluck them out of my hand.
10:29. That which my Father hath given me is greater than all: and no
one can snatch them out of the hand of my Father.
10:30. I and the Father are one.
I and the Father are one... That is, one divine nature, but two distinct
persons.
10:31. The Jews then took up stones to stone him.
10:32. Jesus answered them: Many good works I have shewed you from my
Father. F
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