The Good Shepherd

11I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

12The hired hand, who is not a shepherd and whose sheep are not his own, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees—and the wolf snatches them and scatters them.

13because he is a hired hand and does not care about the sheep.

14I am the good shepherd, and 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.

16And I have other sheep that are not from this sheepfold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. Then there will be one flock, one shepherd.

17For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life so that I may take it up 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 up again. This command I received from my Father.

19Because of these words, a division arose again among the Jews.

20But many of them were saying, “He has a demon and is insane. Why do you listen to him?”

21Others were saying, “These words are not those of a demon-possessed man. A demon cannot open the eyes of the blind, can it?”