John 10
1 “I tell you the truth, anyone who doesn't come in through the gate of the sheepfold but climbs in some other way is a thief and a robber.
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
2 The one who comes in through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.
But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
3 The gatekeeper opens it for him, and the sheep respond to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out.
To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.
4 After bringing them out, he walks ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they recognize his voice.
And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.
5 They won't follow strangers. In fact they run away from a stranger because they don't recognize the voice of strangers.”
And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.
6 When Jesus gave this illustration those who were listening to him didn't understand what he meant.
This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.
7 So Jesus explained again, “I tell you the truth: I am the gate of the sheepfold.
Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.
8 All those who came before me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep didn't listen to them.
All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
9 I am the gate. Anyone who comes in through me will be healed. They will be able to come and go, and find the food they need.
I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
10 The thief comes only to steal, kill, and destroy. I've come to bring you life, life full to overflowing.
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have [it] more 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 giveth his life for the sheep.
12 The man paid to look after the sheep is not the shepherd and he runs away when he sees the wolf coming. He abandons the sheep because they're not his, and the wolf attacks and scatters the flock
But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.
13 for the man is only working for pay and doesn't care about the sheep.
The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.
14 I am the good shepherd. I know who are mine, and they know me,
I am the good shepherd, and know my [sheep], and am known of mine.
15 just as the Father knows me and I know him. I lay down my life for the sheep.
As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.
16 I have other sheep that are not in this sheepfold. I must bring them too. They will listen to my voice and there will be one flock with one shepherd.
And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, [and] one shepherd.
17 This is why the Father loves me, because I lay down my life so I may take it up again.
Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.
18 No one takes it from me; I choose to lay it down. I have the right to give it up, and I have the right to take it back. This is the command my Father gave me.”
No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.
19 The Jews were again divided in their opinion about Jesus over these words.
There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings.
20 Many of them said, “He's demon-possessed! He's mad! Why are you listening to him?”
And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him?
21 Others said, “These aren't the words of someone who's demon-possessed. Besides, a demon can't open eyes that are blind.”
Others said, These are not the words of him that hath a devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind?
22 It was winter, and the time of the Festival of Dedication in Jerusalem.
And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter.
23 Jesus was walking in the Temple through Solomon's porch. The Jews surrounded him, asking,
And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon’s porch.
24 “How long are you going to keep us hanging in suspense? If you are the Messiah then tell us plainly!”
Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly.
25 Jesus replied, “I already told you but you refuse to believe it. The miracles I do in my Father's name prove who I am.
Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father’s name, they bear witness of me.
26 You don't believe me because you are not my sheep.
But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.
27 My sheep recognize my voice; I know them, and they follow me.
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
29 My Father who gave them to me is greater than anyone else; no one can snatch them from him.
My Father, which gave [them] me, is greater than all; and no [man] is able to pluck [them] out of my Father’s hand.
30 I and the Father are one.”
I and [my] Father are one.
31 Once again the Jews picked up stones to stone him.
Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.
32 Jesus said to them, “You've seen many good deeds that I've done from the Father. Which one are you stoning me for?”
Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?
33 The Jews replied, “We're not stoning you for a good deed, but for blasphemy because you are just a man but you're claiming to be God.”
The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.
34 Jesus answered them, “Isn't it written in your law, ‘I said, you are gods’?
Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?
35 He called those people ‘gods,’ the people to whom the word of God came—and Scripture can't be altered.
If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;
36 So why are you saying the one whom the Father set apart and sent into the world is blaspheming because I said ‘I am the Son of God’?
Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?
37 If I'm not doing what my Father does, then don't believe me.
If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.
38 But if that is what I'm doing, even though you don't believe me, you should believe because of the evidence of what I've done. That way you can know and understand that the Father is in me, and I am in the Father.”
But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father [is] in me, and I in him.
39 Once again they tried to arrest him, but he escaped from them.
Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand,
40 He went back across the Jordan River to the place where John had begun baptizing, and he stayed there.
And went away again beyond Jordan into the place where John at first baptized; and there he abode.
41 Many people came to him, and they said, “John didn't perform miracles, but everything he said about this man has come true.”
And many resorted unto him, and said, John did no miracle: but all things that John spake of this man were true.
42 Many who were there put their trust in Jesus.
And many believed on him there.
