Truly, truly, I say to you, He who does not enter through the  ¹door into the  ²sheepfold, but climbs up from somewhere else, he is a  ³thief and a robber;

But he who enters through the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

To him the doorkeeper opens, and the  ¹sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

When he puts forth all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice.

But they will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers.

This parable Jesus spoke to them, but they did not know what those things meant that He spoke to them.

Jesus therefore said to them again, Truly, truly, I say to you that I am the door of the sheep.

All who came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them.

I am the  ¹door; if anyone enters through Me, he shall be saved and shall go in and go out and shall find  ²pasture.

The thief does not come except to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have  ¹life and may have it abundantly.

I am the good Shepherd; the good Shepherd lays down His  ¹life for the sheep.

He who is a hireling and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf snatches them and scatters them.

He flees because he is a hireling and it does not matter to him concerning the sheep.

I am the good Shepherd, and I know My own, and My own know Me,

Even as the Father knows Me and I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep.

And I have  ¹other sheep, which are not of this fold; I must lead them also, and they shall hear My voice, and there shall be  ²one flock, one Shepherd.

For this reason the Father loves Me, because I lay down My life that I may take it again.

No one takes it away from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it again. This commandment I received from My Father.

A division again took place among the Jews because of these words.

And many of them said, He has a demon and is insane. Why do you listen to Him?

Others said, These are not the words of one who is demon possessed. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?

Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah; and he reigned two years over Israel.

And he did what was evil in the sight of Jehovah and walked in the way of his father and in the way of his mother and in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin.

And he served Baal and worshipped him and provoked Jehovah the God of Israel to anger, according to all that his father had done.

And Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.

And Ahaziah fell through the lattice in his upper chamber which was in Samaria and became ill. And he sent messengers and said to them, Go and inquire of  ¹Baal-zebub the god of Ekron whether I will recover from this sickness.

But the Angel of Jehovah said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise; go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria and say to them, Is it because there is no God in Israel that you go to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron?

Now therefore thus says Jehovah, You shall not come down from the bed on which you have gone up, but you shall surely die. And Elijah departed.

And when the messengers returned to him, he said to them, Why have you returned?

And they said to him, A man came up to meet us and said to us, Go and return to the king who sent you, and say to him, Thus says Jehovah, Is it because there is no God in Israel that you send men to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron? Therefore you shall not come down from the bed on which you have gone up, but you shall surely die.

And he said to them, What sort of man was he who came up to meet you and spoke these words to you?

And they said to him, A hairy man, and he was girded with a leather girdle around his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.

And he sent a captain of fifty with his fifty to him. And the captain went up to him, and there he was, sitting on the top of the hill. And he said to him, O man of God, the king says, Come down!

And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I am a man of God, let fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty. Then fire came down from heaven and consumed him and his fifty.

And again the king sent another captain of fifty with his fifty. And the captain answered and said to him, O man of God, thus says the king, Come down quickly.

And Elijah answered and said to them, If I am the man of God, let fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven and consumed him and his fifty.

And again the king sent a captain of a third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up; and he came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and he entreated him and said to him, O man of God, may my soul and the soul of these fifty servants of yours be precious in your sight.

Already fire has come down from heaven and consumed the first two captains of fifty and their fifties; and now may my soul be precious in your sight.

And the  ¹Angel of Jehovah said to Elijah, Go down with him; do not be afraid of him. And he rose up and went down with him to the king.

Then he said to him, Thus says Jehovah, Because you sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron — was it because there is no God in Israel to inquire of His word? — therefore you shall not come down from the bed on which you have gone up, but you shall surely die.

And he died according to the word of Jehovah which Elijah had spoken. And Jehoram began to reign in his place in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, because he had no son.

And the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

And when Jehovah was about to take up Elijah by a whirlwind into heaven,  ¹Elijah went with  ¹Elisha from Gilgal.

And Elijah said to Elisha, Stay here, for Jehovah has sent me as far as Bethel. And Elisha said, As Jehovah lives and as your soul lives, I will not leave you. So they went down to Bethel.

Then the sons of the prophets who were in Bethel came out to Elisha and said to him, Do you know that Jehovah will take away your master from over your head today? And he said, I too know it; be silent.

And Elijah said to him, Elisha, stay here, for Jehovah has sent me to Jericho. And he said, As Jehovah lives and as your soul lives, I will not leave you. And they came to Jericho.

And the sons of the prophets who were at Jericho approached Elisha and said to him, Do you know that Jehovah will take away your master from over your head today? And he said, I too know it; be silent.

And Elijah said to him, Stay here, for Jehovah has sent me to the Jordan. And he said, As Jehovah lives and as your soul lives, I will not leave you. So the two of them went on.

And fifty men from the sons of the prophets went and stood opposite them at a distance, while the two of them stood by the Jordan.

And Elijah took his  ¹mantle and wrapped it together and struck the water; and it parted to this side and that, so that the two of them crossed over on dry ground.

And when they had crossed over, Elijah said to Elisha, Ask what I should do for you before I am taken from you. And Elisha said, Let a double portion of your spirit be upon me.

And he said, You have asked a hard thing. If you see me when I am taken from you, so will it be to you; but if not, it will not be so.

And as they went on and talked, suddenly a chariot of fire and horses of fire appeared; and they separated the two of them. And Elijah  ¹went up by a whirlwind into heaven.

And Elisha saw it and cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel and its horsemen! And he did not see him anymore. And he grasped his clothes and  ¹tore them in two pieces.

And he picked up Elijah's mantle, which had fallen from him, and returned and stood by the bank of the Jordan.

And he took Elijah's mantle, which had fallen from him, and struck the water and said, Where is Jehovah, the God of Elijah? And when he also struck the water, it parted to this side and that, and Elisha crossed over.

And when the sons of the prophets who were at Jericho opposite him saw him, they said, The  ¹spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha. And they came to meet him and bowed themselves to the ground before him.

And they said to him, Here with your servants are fifty strong men; let them go and seek your master, lest the Spirit of Jehovah has taken him up and cast him upon some mountain or into some valley. And he said, You shall not send them.

But when they urged him until he was ashamed, he said, Send them. So they sent fifty men, who searched for three days but did not find him.

And they returned to him while he stayed at Jericho; and he said to them, Did I not say to you, Do not go?