John 10:11–21

¹¹‘I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd his life layeth down for the sheep; ¹²and the hireling, and not being a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, doth behold the wolf coming, and doth leave the sheep, and doth flee; and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep; ¹³and the hireling doth flee because he is an hireling, and is not caring for the sheep.

¹⁴‘I am the good shepherd, and I know my sheep, and am known by mine, ¹⁵according as the Father doth know me, and I know the Father, and my life I lay down for the sheep, ¹⁶and other sheep I have that are not of this fold, these also it behoveth me to bring, and my voice they will hear, and there shall become one flock—one shepherd.

¹⁷‘Because of this doth the Father love me, because I lay down my life, that again I may take it; ¹⁸no one doth take it from me, but I lay it down of myself; authority I have to lay it down, and authority I have again to take it; this command I received from my Father.’

¹⁹Therefore, again, there came a division among the Jews, because of these words, ²⁰and many of them said, ‘He hath a demon, and is mad, why do ye hear him?’ ²¹others said, ‘These sayings are not those of a demoniac; is a demon able blind men’s eyes to open?’