§ 101. IN THE PARABLE (ALLEGORY) OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD JESUS DRAWS THE PICTURE OF THE HOSTILE PHARISEES AND INTIMATES THAT HE IS GOING TO DIE FOR HIS FLOCK AND COME TO LIFE AGAIN Jerusalem John 10:1-21 1 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbeth up some other way, the 2 same is a thief and a robber. But he that entereth in by the door 3 is [1]the shepherd of the sheep. To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, 4 and leadeth them out. When he hath put forth all his own, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice. 5 And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for 6 they know not the voice of strangers. This [2]parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them. 7 Jesus therefore said unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto 8 you, I am the door of the sheep. All that came before me are 9 thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them. I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go 10 in and go out, and shall find pasture. The thief cometh not, but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I came that they may 11 have life, and may [3]have _it_ abundantly. I am the good 12 shepherd: the good shepherd layeth down his life for the sheep. He that is a hireling, and not a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, beholdeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth, 13 and the wolf snatcheth them, and scattereth _them_: _he fleeth_ 14 because he is a hireling, and careth not for the sheep. I am the 15 good shepherd; and I know mine own, and mine own know me, even as the Father knoweth me, and I know the Father; and I lay down my 16 life for the sheep. And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold [_see Ezek. 34:23; 37:24_]: them also I must [4]bring, and they shall hear my voice; and [5]they shall become one flock, one 17 shepherd. Therefore doth the Father love me, because I lay down my 18 life, that I may take it again. No one [6]taketh it away from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have [7]power to lay it down, and I have [7]power to take it again. This commandment received I from my Father. 19 There arose a division again among the Jews because of these 20 words. And many of them said, He hath a [8]devil, and is mad; why 21 hear ye him? Others said, These are not the sayings of one possessed with a [8]devil. Can a [8]devil open the eyes of the blind? [Footnote 1: Or, _a shepherd_.] [Footnote 2: Or, _proverb_.] [Footnote 3: Or, _have abundance_.] [Footnote 4: Or, _lead_.] [Footnote 5: Or, _there shall be one flock_.] [Footnote 6: Some ancient authorities read _took it away_.] [Footnote 7: Or, _right_.]