John 10
1 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter through the gate into the sheep pen, but climbs up some other way, that man is a thief and a robber.
Verily, verily I say to you, he that goes not through the door into the sheepfold, but climbs up some other way, he is a thief, and a robber.
2 He who enters through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.
But he that enters through the door, is the shepherd of the sheep.
3 The gatekeeper opens for him. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
To him the door-keeper opens; and the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out.
4 When he has brought out all his own, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.
And when he puts his own sheep out, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him; for they know his voice.
5 They will not follow a stranger but instead they will avoid him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.”
And a stranger they will not follow, but will flee from him; for they know not the voice of strangers.
6 Jesus spoke this parable to them, but they did not understand what these things were that he was saying to them.
This parable spoke Jesus to them; but they knew not the meaning of the things which he spoke to them.
7 Then Jesus said to them again, “Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the gate of the sheep.
Therefore Jesus spoke again to them: Verily, verily I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.
8 Everyone who came before me is a thief and a robber, but the sheep did not listen to them.
All that came before me were thieves and robbers; but the sheep did not hear them.
9 I am the gate. If anyone enters in through me, he will be saved; he will go in and out and will find pasture.
I am the door: if any one enters through me, he shall be saved; and he shall go in and out, and find pasture.
10 The thief does not come if he would not steal and kill and destroy. I have come so that they will have life and have it abundantly.
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it in abundance.
11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
12 The hired servant is not a shepherd and does not own the sheep. He sees the wolf coming and abandons the sheep and escapes, and the wolf carries them off and scatters them.
But he that is a hireling, and not the shepherd, to whom the sheep do not belong, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep, and flees; and the wolf catches the sheep, and scatters them.
13 He runs away because he is a hired servant and does not care for the sheep.
The hireling flees because he is a hireling, and cares not for the sheep.
14 I am the good shepherd, and I know my own, and my own know me.
I am the good shepherd, and I know my sheep, and am known by mine.
15 The Father knows me, and I know the Father, and I lay down my life for the sheep.
As the Father knows me, I also know the Father, and I lay down my life for the sheep.
16 I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also, and they will hear my voice so that there will be one flock and one shepherd.
And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold; those, also, must I bring, and they will hear my voice: and there shall be one flock, one shepherd.
17 This is why the Father loves me: I lay down my life so that I may take it again.
For this reason, my Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it again.
18 No one takes it away from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. I have received this command from my Father.”
No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it again. This commandment I have received from my Father.
19 A division again occurred among the Jews because of these words.
Again, therefore, there was a division among the Jews, on account of these words.
20 Many of them said, “He has a demon and is insane. Why do you listen to him?”
And many of them said: He has a demon, and is mad; why do you hear him?
21 Others said, “These are not the words of a demon-possessed man. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”
Others said: These are not the words of one that has a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?
22 Then it was time for the Festival of the Dedication in Jerusalem.
And the feast of the dedication was celebrated in Jerusalem, and it was winter:
23 It was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple in the porch of Solomon.
and Jesus was walking in the temple, in Solomon’s porch.
24 Then the Jews surrounded him and said to him, “How long will you hold us doubting? If you are the Christ, tell us openly.”
Then the Jews came round him, and said to him: How long do you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.
25 Jesus replied to them, “I told you, but you do not believe. The works that I do in the name of my Father, these testify concerning me.
Jesus answered them: I have told you, and you do not believe. The works which I do in my Father’s name, these testify of me.
26 Yet you do not believe because you are not my sheep.
But you believe not, because you are not of my sheep. As I said to you,
27 My sheep hear 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 has given them to me, is greater than all others, and no one is able to snatch them out of the hand of the Father.
My Father, who gave them to me, is greater than all; and no one is able to take them out of my Father’s hand.
30 I and the Father are one.”
I and my Father are one.
31 Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.
Then the Jews took up stones again, to stone him.
32 Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of those works are you stoning me?”
Jesus answered them: Many good works have I showed you from my Father: for which of these works do you stone me?
33 The Jews answered him, “We are not stoning you for any good work, but for blasphemy, because you, a man, are making yourself God.”
The Jews answered and said to him: We do not stone you for a good work, but for your impious words; and because you, being man, make yourself God.
34 Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your law, 'I said, “You are gods”'?
Jesus answered them: 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 he called them gods, to whom the word of God was committed, (and the scripture can not be made void, )
36 do you say to him whom the Father set apart and sent into the world, 'You are blaspheming,' because I said, 'I am the Son of God'?
do you say of him, whom the Father has sanctified, and sent into the world, You speak impiously, because I said, I am the Son of God?
37 If I am not doing the works of my Father, do not believe me.
If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not;
38 But if I am doing them, even if you do not believe me, believe in the works so that you may know and understand that the Father is in me and that 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 in him.
39 They tried to seize him again, but he went away out of their hand.
Then they sought again to take him, but he escaped from their hands.
40 He went away again beyond the Jordan to the place where John had first been baptizing, and he stayed there.
And he went away again beyond the Jordan, to the place where John first immersed, and there he abode.
41 Many people came to him and they said, “John indeed did no signs, but all the things that John has said about this man are true.”
And many came to him, and said: John did no sign; but all things that John said of this man were true.
42 Many people believed in him there.
And many who were there believed on him.
