16. And I have other sheep that are not of this fold, and I must lead them. They shall hear my voice, and there shall be one sheepfold and one shepherd.
17. For this reason, the Father loves me: because I lay down my life, so that I may take it up again.
18. No one takes it away from me. Instead, I lay it down of my own accord. And I have the power to lay it down. And I have the power to take it up again. This is the commandment that I have received from my Father."
19. A dissension occurred again among the Jews because of these words.
20. Then many of them were saying: "He has a demon or he is insane. Why do you listen him?"
21. Others were saying: "These are not the words of someone who has a demon. How would a demon be able to open the eyes of the blind?"
22. Now it was the Feast of the Dedication at Jerusalem, and it was winter.
23. And Jesus was walking in the temple, in the portico of Solomon.
24. And so the Jews surrounded him and said to him: "How long will you hold our souls in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly."
25. Jesus answered them: "I speak to you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in the name of my Father, these offer testimony about me.
26. But you do not believe, because you are not of my sheep.
27. My sheep hear my voice. And I know them, and they follow me.
28. And I give them eternal life, and they shall not perish, for eternity. And no one shall seize them from my hand.
29. What my Father gave to me is greater than all, and no one is able to seize from the hand of my Father.
30. I and the Father are one."
31. Therefore, the Jews took up stones, in order to stone him.
32. Jesus answered them: "I have shown you many good works from my Father. For which of those works do you stone me?"
33. The Jews answered him: "We do not stone you for a good work, but for blasphemy and because, though you are a man, you make yourself God."
34. Jesus responded to them: "Is it not written in your law, 'I said: you are gods?'
35. If he called those to whom the word of God was given gods, and Scripture cannot be broken,