John 10:11–21

^11fI am the good shepherd. The good shepherd ^glays down his life for the sheep. ¹²He who is ^ha hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and ⁱleaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and ^jscatters them. ¹³He flees because ^khe is a hired hand and ^lcares nothing for the sheep. ^14mI am the good shepherd. ⁿI know my own and ^omy own know me, ^15pjust as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and ^qI lay down my life for the sheep. ¹⁶And ^rI have other sheep that are not of this fold. ^sI must bring them also, and ^tthey will listen to my voice. So there will be ^uone flock, ^vone shepherd. ^17wFor this reason the Father loves me, ^xbecause ^yI lay down my life that I may take it up again. ^18zNo one takes it from me, but ^yI lay it down ^aof my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and ^bI have authority to take it up again. ^cThis charge I have received from my Father.”

^19dThere was again a division among the Jews because of these words. ²⁰Many of them said, ^e“He has a demon, and ^fis insane; why listen to him?” ²¹Others said, “These are not the words of one who is oppressed by a demon. ^gCan a demon open the eyes of the blind?”