009:034 "You," they replied, "were wholly begotten and born in sin,
and do *you* teach *us*?" And they put him out of the synagogue.
009:035 Jesus heard that they had done this. So having found him,
He asked him, "Do you believe in the Son of God?"
009:036 "Who is He, Sir?" replied the man. "Tell me, so that I may
believe in Him."
009:037 "You have seen Him," said Jesus; "and not only so:
He is now speaking to you."
009:038 "I believe, Sir," he said. And he threw himself at His feet.
009:039 "I came into this world," said Jesus, "to judge men,
that those who do not see may see, and that those who do see
may become blind."
009:040 These words were heard by those of the Pharisees who were present,
and they asked Him, "Are *we* also blind?"
009:041 "If you were blind," answered Jesus, "you would have no sin;
but as a matter of fact you boast that you see.
So your sin remains!"
010:001 "In most solemn truth I tell you that the man who does not enter
the sheepfold by the door, but climbs over some other way,
is a thief and a robber.
010:002 But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
010:003 To him the porter opens the door, and the sheep hear his voice;
and he calls his own sheep by their names and leads them out.
010:004 When he has brought out his own sheep--all of them--
he walks at the head of them; and the sheep follow him,
because they know his voice.
010:005 But a stranger they will by no means follow, but will run away
from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers."
010:006 Jesus spoke to them in this figurative language, but they did
not understand what He meant.
010:007 Again therefore Jesus said to them, "In most solemn truth I
tell you that I am the Door of the sheep.
010:008 All who have come before me are thieves and robbers;
but the sheep would not listen to them.
010:009 I am the Door. If any one enters by me, he will find safety,
and will go in and out and find pasture.
010:010 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy:
I have come that they may have Life, and may have it in abundance.
010:011 "I am the Good Shepherd. A good shepherd lays down his very life
for the sheep.
010:012 The hired servant--one who is not a shepherd and does not own
the sheep--no sooner sees the wolf coming than he leaves
the sheep and runs away; and the wolf worries and scatters them.
010:013 For he is only a hired servant and cares nothing for the sheep.
010:014 "I am the Good Shepherd. And I know my sheep and my sheep know me,
010:015 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I am
laying down my life for the sheep.
010:016 I have also other sheep--which do not belong to this fold.
Those also I must bring, and they will listen to my voice;
and they shall become one flock under one Shepherd.
010:017 For this reason my Father loves me, because I am laying down
my life in order to receive it back again.
010:018 No one is taking it away from me, but I myself am laying it down.
I am authorized to lay it down, and I am authorized to receive
it back again. This is the command I received from my Father."
010:019 Again there arose a division among the Jews because of these words.
010:020 Many of them said, "He is possessed by a demon and is mad.
Why do you listen to him?"
010:021 Others argued, "That is not the language of a demoniac:
and can a demon open blind men's eyes?"
010:022 The Dedication Festival came on in Jerusalem. It was winter,
010:023 and Jesus was walking in the Temple in Solomon's Portico,
010:024 when the Jews gathered round Him and kept asking Him, "How long
do you mean to keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ,
tell us so plainly."
010:025 "I have told you," answered Jesus, "and you do not believe.
The deeds that I do in my Father's name--they give
testimony about me.
010:026 But you do not believe, because you are not my sheep.
010:027 My sheep listen to my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
010:028 I give them the Life of the Ages, and they shall never,
never perish, nor shall any one wrest them from my hand.
010:029 What my Father has given me is more precious than all besides;
and no one is able to wrest anything from my Father's hand.