stranger
will they not follow, but will fly from him: for they know not the
voice of strangers. (6)This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they
knew nothing of the things which he spake to them.

(7)Therefore Jesus said unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto
you, that I am the door of the sheep. (8)All, as many as have gone
before me, are thieves and robbers: but the sheep hearkened not to
them. (9)I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved;
and shall go in and out, and find pasture. (10)The thief cometh not but
to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they may have
life, and that they may have it more abundantly. (11)I am the good
shepherd: the good shepherd layeth down his life for the sheep. (12)But
the hireling, and he that is not the shepherd, whose own property the
sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and
fleeth; and the wolf seizes upon them, and disperseth the sheep.
(13)Now the hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not
for the sheep. (14)I am the good shepherd, and know my own _sheep_, and
am known of my own. (15)As the Father knoweth me, so know I the Father:
and I lay down my life for the sheep. (16)And other sheep I have, which
are not of this fold: these also I must bring, and they shall hear my
voice; and there shall be one fold, one shepherd. (17)Therefore doth
the Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it
again. (18)No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I
have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This
commandment I have received from my Father.

(19)There was therefore a division again among the Jews, on account of
these sayings. (20)Then many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad;
why hearken to him? (21)Others said, These are not the discourses of a
demoniac. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind?

(22)Then was the feast of dedication at Jerusalem, and it was winter.
(23)And Jesus was walking in the temple, in Solomon's portico. (24)Then
the Jews came about him, and said to him, How long dost thou keep our
soul in suspense? If thou art the Messiah, tell us plainly. (25)Jesus
answered them; I told you, and ye believed not: the works which I do in
the name of my Father, they bear witness of me. (26)But ye believe not,
for ye are not of my sheep, as I told you. (27)My sheep hear my voice,
and I know them, and they follow me: (28)and I give unto them
everlasting life