The Shepherd Knows His Sheep

²² Now it was the Feast of Dedication in Jerusalem, and it was winter. ²³ And Jesus walked in the temple, ^(A)in Solomon’s porch. ²⁴ Then the Jews surrounded Him and said to Him, “How long do You keep us in ^[a]doubt? If You are the Christ, tell us plainly.”

²⁵ Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe. ^(B)The works that I do in My Father’s name, they ^(C)bear witness of Me. ²⁶ But ^(D)you do not believe, because you are not of My sheep, ^[b]as I said to you. ^27 (E)My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. ²⁸ And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand. ^29 (F)My Father, ^(G)who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father’s hand. ^30 (H)I and My Father are one.”

Renewed Efforts to Stone Jesus

³¹ Then ^(I)the Jews took up stones again to stone Him. ³² Jesus answered them, “Many good works I have shown you from My Father. For which of those works do you stone Me?”

³³ The Jews answered Him, saying, “For a good work we do not stone You, but for ^(J)blasphemy, and because You, being a Man, ^(K)make Yourself God.”

³⁴ Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your law, ^(L)‘I said, “You are gods” ’? ³⁵ If He called them gods, ^(M)to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture ^(N)cannot be broken), ³⁶ do you say of Him ^(O)whom the Father sanctified and ^(P)sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ ^(Q)because I said, ‘I am ^(R)the Son of God’? ^37 (S)If I do not do the works of My Father, do not believe Me; ³⁸ but if I do, though you do not believe Me, ^(T)believe the works, that you may know and ^[c]believe ^(U)that the Father is in Me, and I in Him.” ^39 (V)Therefore they sought again to seize Him, but He escaped out of their hand.

The Believers Beyond Jordan

⁴⁰ And He went away again beyond the Jordan to the place ^(W)where John was baptizing at first, and there He stayed. ⁴¹ Then many came to Him and said, “John performed no sign, ^(X)but all the things that John spoke about this Man were true.” ⁴² And many believed in Him there.