13. The man is only a hired hand and does not care about the sheep.
14. “I am the Good Shepherd. I know My own and My own know Me,
15. just as the Father knows Me and I know the Father. And I lay down My life for the sheep.
16. I have other sheep that are not from this fold; those also I must lead, and they will listen to My voice. So there shall be one flock, 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, but I lay it down on My own. I have the authority to lay it down, and I have the authority to take it up again. This command I received from My Father.”
19. Again a division arose among the Judeans because of these words.
20. Many of them were saying, “He has a demon. He’s insane! Why listen to Him?”
21. Others said, “These are not the sayings of someone who is plagued by a demon. A demon cannot open the eyes of the blind, can it?”
22. Then came Hanukkah; it was winter in Jerusalem.
23. Yeshua was walking in the Temple around Solomon’s Colonnade.
24. Then the Judean leaders surrounded Him, saying, “How long will You hold us in suspense? If You are the Messiah, tell us outright!”
25. Yeshua answered them, “I told you, but you don’t believe! The works I do in My Father’s name testify concerning Me.
26. But you don’t believe, because you are not My sheep.
27. My sheep hear My voice. I know them, and they follow Me.
28. I give them eternal life! They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of My hand.
29. My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all. And no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand.
30. I and the Father are one.”