John 10:11-22

11I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd layeth down his life for the sheep.

12He that is a hireling, and not a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, beholdeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth, and the wolf snatcheth them, and scattereth them:

13he fleeth because he is a hireling, and careth not for the sheep.

14I am the good shepherd; and I know mine own, and mine own know me,

15even as the Father knoweth me, and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.

16And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and they shall become one flock, one shepherd.

17Therefore doth the Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.

18No one taketh it away 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 received I from my Father.

19There arose a division again among the Jews because of these words.

20And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him?

21Others said, These are not the sayings of one possessed with a devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind?

22And it was the feast of the dedication at Jerusalem: it was winter;