15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father. I give up my life for the sheep.
16 I have other sheep that don’t belong to this sheep pen. I must lead them too. They will listen to my voice and there will be one flock, with one shepherd.
17 "This is why the Father loves me: I give up my life so that I can take it up again.
18 No one takes it from me, but I give it up because I want to. I have the right to give it up, and I have the right to take it up again. I received this commandment from my Father."
19 There was another division among the Jews because of Jesus’ words.
20 Many of them said, "He has a demon and has lost his mind. Why listen to him?"
21 Others said, "These aren’t the words of someone who has a demon. Can a demon heal the eyes of people who are blind?"