“I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me –

“If I testify about myself, my testimony is not true.

but I know him, because I have come from him and he sent me.”

And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.”

For I have not spoken from my own authority, but the Father himself who sent me has commanded me what I should say and what I should speak.

And if I go and make ready a place for you, I will come again and take you to be with me, so that where I am you may be too.

I testify about myself and the Father who sent me testifies about me.”

Jesus answered, “I am not possessed by a demon, but I honor my Father – and yet you dishonor me.

This is why the Father loves me – because I lay down my life, so that I may take it back again.

My sheep listen to my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.

I can do nothing on my own initiative. Just as I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I do not seek my own will, but the will of the one who sent me.

I tell you the solemn truth, we speak about what we know and testify about what we have seen, but you people do not accept our testimony.

You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ,’ but rather, ‘I have been sent before him.’

But if I judge, my evaluation is accurate, because I am not alone when I judge, but I and the Father who sent me do so together.

I am the bread of life.

No one takes it away from me, but I lay it down of my own free will. I have the authority to lay it down, and I have the authority to take it back again. This commandment I received from my Father.”

The Father and I are one.”

And you know the way where I am going.”

“I will not abandon you as orphans, I will come to you.

The person who has my commandments and obeys them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and will reveal myself to him.”