John 10:1-30

1“Amen, amen I tell you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber.

2But he who enters through the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

3To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice. The shepherd calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

4“When he has brought out all his own, he goes ahead of them; and the sheep follow him because they know his voice.

5They will never follow a stranger, but will run away from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.”

6Yeshua told them this parable, but they did not understand what He was telling them.

7So Yeshua said again, “Amen, amen I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep.

8All those who came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.

9I am the gate! If anyone comes in through Me, he will be saved. He will come and go and find pasture.

10The thief comes only to steal, slaughter, and destroy. I have come that they might have life, and have it abundantly!

11“I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.

12The hired worker is not the shepherd, and the sheep are not his own. He sees the wolf coming and abandons the sheep and flees. Then the wolf snatches and scatters the sheep.

13The man is only a hired hand and does not care about the sheep.

14“I am the Good Shepherd. I know My own and My own know Me,

15just as the Father knows Me and I know the Father. And I lay down My life for the sheep.

16I have other sheep that are not from this fold; those also I must lead, and they will listen to My voice. So there shall be one flock, one Shepherd.

17“For this reason the Father loves Me, because I lay down My life, so that I may take it up again.

18No one takes it away from Me, but I lay it down on My own. I have the authority to lay it down, and I have the authority to take it up again. This command I received from My Father.”

19Again a division arose among the Judeans because of these words.

20Many of them were saying, “He has a demon. He’s insane! Why listen to Him?”

21Others said, “These are not the sayings of someone who is plagued by a demon. A demon cannot open the eyes of the blind, can it?”

22Then came Hanukkah; it was winter in Jerusalem.

23Yeshua was walking in the Temple around Solomon’s Colonnade.

24Then the Judean leaders surrounded Him, saying, “How long will You hold us in suspense? If You are the Messiah, tell us outright!”

25Yeshua answered them, “I told you, but you don’t believe! The works I do in My Father’s name testify concerning Me.

26But you don’t believe, because you are not My sheep.

27My sheep hear My voice. I know them, and they follow Me.

28I give them eternal life! They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of My hand.

29My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all. And no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand.

30I and the Father are one.”