Section XXXVII.

[1] 2441And Jesus said, To judge the world am I come, so that they that see not may [2] see, and they that see may become blind.  2442And some of the Pharisees which were [3] with him heard that, and they said unto him, Can it be that we are blind?  2443Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should not have sin:  but now ye say, We see:  and because of this your sin remaineth.2444

[4] [Arabic, p. 140] 2445Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever entereth not into the fold of the sheep by the door, but goeth up from another place, that man is a thief and a [5, 6] stealer.  2446But he that entereth by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.  2447And therefore2448 the keeper of the door openeth for him the door; and the sheep hear his voice:  and [7] he calleth his sheep2449 by their names, and they go forth unto him.  2450And when he putteth forth his sheep, he goeth before them, and his sheep2451 follow him:  because [8] they know his voice.  2452And after a stranger will the sheep not go, but they flee from [9] him:  because they hear not the voice of a stranger.  2453This parable spake Jesus unto them:  but they knew not what he was saying unto them.

[10] 2454Jesus said unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the [11] sheep.  2455And all that came are thieves and stealers:  but the sheep heard them not.  [12] 2456I am the door:  and if a man enter by me, he shall live, and shall go in and go out, [13] and shall find pasture.  2457And the stealer cometh not, save that he may steal, and kill, and destroy:  but I came that they might have life, and that they might have [14] the thing that is better.2458  2459I am the good shepherd; and the good shepherd giveth [15] himself2460 for his sheep.  2461But the hireling, who is not a shepherd, and whose the sheep2462 are not, when he seeth the wolf as it cometh, leaveth the sheep, and fleeth, [16] and the wolf cometh, and snatcheth away the sheep, and scattereth2463 them:  2464and the [17] hireling fleeth because he is an hireling, and hath no care for the sheep.  2465I am the [18] good shepherd; 2466and I know what is mine, and what is mine knoweth me, as my Father knoweth me, and I know my Father; and I give myself2467 for the sheep.  [19] 2468And I have other sheep also, that are not of this flock:  them also I must invite, and they shall hear my voice; and all the sheep shall be one, and the shepherd one.  [20] [Arabic, p. 141] 2469And therefore doth my Father love me, because I give my life, that I may [21] take it again.  2470No man taketh it from me, but I leave it of my own choice.  And I have the right to leave it, and have the right also to take it.  And this commandment did I receive of my Father.

[22] 2471And there occurred a disagreement among the Jews because of these sayings.  [23] 2472And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is afflicted with madness;2473 why listen [24] ye to him?  2474And others said, These sayings are not those of men possessed with demons.  Can a demon haply open the eyes of a blind man?

[25, 26] 2475And the feast of the dedication came on at Jerusalem:  and it was winter.  2476And [27] Jesus was walking in the temple in the porch of Solomon.  2477The Jews therefore surrounded him, and said unto him, Until when dost thou make our hearts anxious?  [28] 2478If thou art the Messiah, tell us plainly.  He answered and said unto them, I told you, and ye believe not:  and the deeds that I do in my Father’s name bear witness [29, 30] to me.  2479But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep,2480 as I said unto you.  [31] 2481And my sheep2482 hear my voice, and I know them, and they come after me:  2483and I give them eternal life; and they shall not perish for ever, nor shall any man snatch [32] them out of my hands.2484  2485For the Father, who hath given them unto me, is greater [33] than all; and no man is able to take them from the hand of my2486 Father.  2487I and [34, 35] my Father are one.  2488And the Jews took stones to stone him.  2489Jesus said unto them, Many good deeds from my Father have I shewed you; because of which2490 of them, [36] then, do ye stone me?  2491The Jews said unto him, Not for the good deeds do we stone thee, but because thou blasphemest; and, whilst thou art a man, makest thyself [37] God.  2492Jesus said unto them, Is it not thus written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?  [38] [Arabic, p. 142] 2493And if he called those gods—for2494 to them came the word of God (and it is [39] not possible in2495 the scripture that anything should be undone)—2496he then, whom the Father hath sanctified and sent into the world, do ye say that he blasphemeth; [40] because I said unto you, I am the Son of God?  2497If then I do not the deeds of my [41] Father, ye believe me not.2498  2499But if I do, even if ye believe not me, believe the deeds:  that ye may know and believe that my Father is in me, and I i