John 10
1 “Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever does not enter the sheepfold by the gate, but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber.
Most assuredly, I say to you, he who enters not by the gate into the sheepfold, but climbs over the fence, is a thief and a robber.
2 But the one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.
The shepherd always enters by the gate.
3 The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen for his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
To him, the porter opens, and the sheep obey his voice. His own sheep he calls by name, and leads out.
4 When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice.
And having put out his sheep, he walks before them, and they follow him; because they know his voice.
5 But they will never follow a stranger; in fact, they will flee from him because they do not recognize his voice.”
They will not follow a stranger, but flee from him; because they know not the voice of strangers.
6 Jesus spoke to them using this illustration, but they did not understand what He was telling them.
Jesus addressed this similitude to them, but they did not comprehend what he said.
7 So He said to them again, “Truly, truly, I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep.
He therefore added, Most assuredly, I say to you, I am the gate of the fold.
8 All who came before Me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.
All who preceded me were thieves and robbers; but the sheep obeyed them not.
9 I am the gate. If anyone enters through Me, he will be saved. He will come in and go out and find pasture.
I am the gate: such as enter by me shall be safe: they shall go in and out, and find pasture.
10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it in all its fullness.
The thief comes in only to steal, to slay, and to destroy. I am come that they may have life, and have it abundantly.
11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.
I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives his life for his sheep.
12 The hired hand is not the shepherd, and the sheep are not his own. When he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf pounces on them and scatters the flock.
The hireling, who is not the shepherd, and to whom the sheep do not belong, when he sees the wolf coming, abandons the sheep, and flees; and the wolf tears them, and disperses the flock.
13 The man runs away because he is a hired servant and is unconcerned for the sheep.
The hireling flees, because he is a hireling, and cares not for the sheep.
14 I am the good shepherd. I know My sheep and My sheep know Me,
I am the good shepherd. And I know my own, and am known by them,
15 just as the Father knows Me and I know the Father. And I lay down My life for the sheep.
(even as the Father knows me, and I know the Father; ) and I give my life for the sheep.
16 I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them in as well, and they will listen to My voice. Then there will be one flock and one shepherd.
I have other sheep, besides, which are not of this fold. Them I must also bring; and they will obey my voice; and there shall be one flock, one shepherd.
17 The reason the Father loves Me is that I lay down My life in order to take it up again.
For this the Father loves me, because I give my life, to be afterward resumed.
18 No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of My own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from My Father.”
No one forces it from me: but I give it of myself. I have power to give it, and I have power to resume it. This commandment I have received from my Father.
19 Again there was division among the Jews because of Jesus’ message.
Again there was a division among the Jews, occasioned by this discourse.
20 Many of them said, “He is demon-possessed and insane. Why would you listen to Him?”
Many of them said, He has a demon, and is mad: why do you hear him?
21 But others replied, “These are not the words of a man possessed by a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”
Others said, These are not the words of a demonise. Can a demon give sight to the blind?
22 At that time the Feast of Dedication took place in Jerusalem. It was winter,
Afterward, when they were celebrating the feast of the dedication, at Jerusalem,
23 and Jesus was walking in the temple courts in Solomon’s Colonnade.
it being in winter; as Jesus walked in the temple, in Solomon's portico,
24 So the Jews gathered around Him and demanded, “How long will You keep us in suspense? If You are the Christ, tell us plainly.”
the Jews surrounding him, said to him, How long will you keep us in suspense? If you be the Messiah, tell us plainly.
25 “I already told you,” Jesus replied, “but you did not believe. The works I do in My Father’s name testify on My behalf.
Jesus answered, I told you; but you believed not. The works which I do in my Father's name, testify of me.
26 But because you are not My sheep, you refuse to believe.
But you believe not, for you are not of my sheep.
27 My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me.
My sheep, as I told you, obey my voice; I know them, and they follow me.
29 My Father who has given them to Me is greater than all. No one can snatch them out of My Father’s hand.
My Father, who gave them me, is greater than all; and none can wrest them out of my Father's hand.
30 I and the Father are one.”
I and the Father are one.
31 At this, the Jews again picked up stones to stone Him.
Then the Jews again took up stones to stone him.
32 But Jesus responded, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these do you stone Me?”
Jesus said to them, Many good works I have shown you from my Father; for which of these works do you stone me?
33 “We are not stoning You for any good work,” said the Jews, “but for blasphemy, because You, who are a man, declare Yourself to be God.”
The Jews answered, For a good work we do not stone you, but for blasphemy; because you, being a man, make yourself God.
34 Jesus replied, “Is it not written in your Law: ‘I have said you are gods’?
Jesus replied, Is it not written in your law, "I said, You are gods?"
35 If he called them gods to whom the word of God came—and the Scripture cannot be broken—
If the law styled them gods, to whom the word of God was addressed, and if the language of scripture in unexceptionable;
36 then what about the One whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world? How then can you accuse Me of blasphemy for stating that I am the Son of God?
do you charge him with blasphemy whom the Father has consecrated his Apostle to the world, for calling himself his Son?
37 If I am not doing the works of My Father, then do not believe Me.
If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.
38 But if I am doing them, even though you do not believe Me, believe the works themselves, so that you may know and understand that the Father is in Me, and I am in the Father.”
But if I do, though you believe not me, believe the works, that you may know and believe, that the Father is in me, and I am in him.
39 At this, they tried again to seize Him, but He escaped their grasp.
They then attempted again to seize him; but he escaped out of their hands,
40 Then Jesus went back across the Jordan to the place where John had first been baptizing, and He stayed there.
and retired again toward the Jordan, and abode in the place where John first immersed.
41 Many came to Him and said, “Although John never performed a sign, everything he said about this man was true.”
And many resorted to him, who said, John, indeed, wrought no miracle: but all that John spoke of this man, is true.
42 And many in that place believed in Jesus.
And many believed on him there.
