X. Verily, verily, I say to you: He that enters not through the door into the sheepfold, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. 2But he that enters in through the door is a shepherd of the sheep. 3To him the porter opens, and the sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out. 4And when he has put forth all his own, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. 5And a stranger they will not follow, but will flee from him; because they know not the voice of strangers.
6This parable spoke Jesus to them; but they understood not what things they were which he spoke to them.
7Therefore said Jesus to them again: Verily, verily, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. 8All who came before me are thieves and robbers; but the sheep did not hear them. 9I am the door. If any one enter in through me, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out and find pasture. 10The thief comes not but to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I came that they may have life, and that they may have it abundantly.
11I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12But he that is a hireling, and not a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep, and flees; and the wolf catches them, and scatters the sheep. 13The hireling flees, because he is a hireling, and cares not for the sheep. 14I am the good shepherd; and I know mine, and am known by mine, 15as the Father knows 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 there shall be one flock, one shepherd. 17For this the Father loves me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again. 18No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it again. This commandment I received from my Father.
19Again there arose a division among the Jews because of these words. 20And many of them said: He has a demon, and is mad, why do ye hear him? 21Others said: These are not the words of one that has a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?
22And there came the feast of the dedication, in Jerusalem; and it was winter. 23And Jesus was walking in the temple, in the porch of Solomon. 24The Jews therefore came around him, and said to him: How long dost thou hold us in doubt[24]? If thou art the Christ, tell us plainly.
25Jesus answered them: I told you, and ye do not believe. The works that I do in my Father's name, these bear witness of me. 26But ye do not believe; for ye are not of my sheep, as I said to you. 27My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me; 28and I give to them eternal life; and they shall never perish, nor shall any one pluck them out of my hand. 29My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; and no one is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand. 30I and the Father are one.
31The Jews therefore took up stones again to stone him. 32Jesus answered them: Many good works have I showed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me? 33The Jews answered him: For a good work we stone thee not, but for blasphemy, and because thou, being man, makest thyself God. 34Jesus answered them: Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods? 35If he called them gods to whom the word of God came, and the Scripture can not be broken, 36say ye of him, whom the Father sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest, because I said, I am the Son of God? 37If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. 38But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works; that ye may learn and know, that the Father is in me, and I in the Father. 39Therefore they sought again to seize him; and he went forth, out of their hand.
40And he went away again beyond the Jordan, to the place where John was at first immersing; and there he abode. 41And many came to him, and said: John indeed wrought no sign; but all things that John spoke of this man were true. 42And many believed on him there.
XI. Now a certain one was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, from the village of Mary and Martha her sister. 2It was the Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick. 3The sisters therefore sent to him, saying: Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick. 4And Jesus hearing it, said: This sickness is not for death, but for the sake of the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified thereby.