13. The hired hand runs away because he is a hired hand and does not care about the sheep.
14. “I am the good shepherd. I know My sheep and am known by My own.
15. Even as the Father knows Me, so I know the Father. And I lay down My life for the sheep.
16. I have other sheep who are not of this fold. I must also bring them, and they will hear My voice. There will be one flock and one shepherd.
17. Therefore My Father loves Me, because I lay down My life that I may take it up again.
18. No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down Myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it up again. I received this command from My Father.”
19. Therefore there was a division again among the Jews because of these sayings.
20. Many of them said, “He has a demon and is insane. Why do you listen to Him?”
21. Others said, “These are not the words of one who has a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”
22. The Feast of the Dedication was at Jerusalem, and it was winter.
23. Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon’s Porch.