John 10
1 'Verily, verily, I say to you, He who is not entering through the door to the fold of the sheep, but is going up from another side, that one 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 and he who is entering through the door is shepherd of the sheep;
The shepherd always enters by the gate.
3 to this one the doorkeeper doth open, and the sheep hear his voice, and his own sheep he doth call by name, and doth lead them forth;
To him, the porter opens, and the sheep obey his voice. His own sheep he calls by name, and leads out.
4 and when his own sheep he may put forth, before them he goeth on, and the sheep follow him, because they have known his voice;
And having put out his sheep, he walks before them, and they follow him; because they know his voice.
5 and a stranger they will not follow, but will flee from him, because they have not known the voice of strangers.'
They will not follow a stranger, but flee from him; because they know not the voice of strangers.
6 This similitude spake Jesus to them, and they knew not what the things were that he was speaking to them;
Jesus addressed this similitude to them, but they did not comprehend what he said.
7 Jesus said therefore again to them, 'Verily, verily, I say to you — I am the door of the sheep;
He therefore added, Most assuredly, I say to you, I am the gate of the fold.
8 all, as many as came before me, are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them;
All who preceded me were thieves and robbers; but the sheep obeyed them not.
9 I am the door, through me if any one may come in, he shall be saved, and he shall 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 doth not come, except that he may steal, and kill, and destroy; I came that they may have life, and may have [it] abundantly.
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 his life layeth down for the sheep;
I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives his life for his sheep.
12 and the hireling, and not being a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, doth behold the wolf coming, and doth leave the sheep, and doth flee; and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep;
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 and the hireling doth flee because he is an hireling, and is not caring 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 [sheep], and am known by mine,
I am the good shepherd. And I know my own, and am known by them,
15 according as the Father doth know me, and I know the Father, and my life I lay down for the sheep,
(even as the Father knows me, and I know the Father; ) and I give my life for the sheep.
16 and other sheep I have that are not of this fold, these also it behoveth me to bring, and my voice they will hear, and there shall become one flock — 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 'Because of this doth the Father love me, because I lay down my life, that again I may take it;
For this the Father loves me, because I give my life, to be afterward resumed.
18 no one doth take it from me, but I lay it down of myself; authority I have to lay it down, and authority I have again to take it; this command I 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 Therefore, again, there came a division among the Jews, because of these words,
Again there was a division among the Jews, occasioned by this discourse.
20 and many of them said, 'He hath a demon, and is mad, why do ye hear him?'
Many of them said, He has a demon, and is mad: why do you hear him?
21 others said, 'These sayings are not those of a demoniac; is a demon able blind men's eyes to open?'
Others said, These are not the words of a demonise. Can a demon give sight to the blind?
22 And the dedication in Jerusalem came, and it was winter,
Afterward, when they were celebrating the feast of the dedication, at Jerusalem,
23 and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the porch of Solomon,
it being in winter; as Jesus walked in the temple, in Solomon's portico,
24 the Jews, therefore, came round about him, and said to him, 'Till when our soul dost thou hold in suspense? if thou art the Christ, tell us freely.'
the Jews surrounding him, said to him, How long will you keep us in suspense? If you be the Messiah, tell us plainly.
25 Jesus answered them, 'I told you, and ye do not believe; the works that I do in the name of my Father, these testify concerning me;
Jesus answered, I told you; but you believed not. The works which I do in my Father's name, testify of me.
26 but ye do not believe, for ye are not of my sheep,
But you believe not, for you are not of my sheep.
27 according as I said to you: My sheep my voice do hear, and 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 hath given to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to pluck out of the hand of my Father;
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 Therefore, again, did the Jews take up stones that they may stone him;
Then the Jews again took up stones to stone him.
32 Jesus answered them, 'Many good works did I shew you from my Father; because of which work of them do ye 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 The Jews answered him, saying, 'For a good work we do not stone thee, but for evil speaking, and because thou, being a man, dost make thyself 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 answered them, 'Is it not having been written in your law: I said, ye are gods?
Jesus replied, Is it not written in your law, "I said, You are gods?"
35 if them he did call gods unto whom the word of God came, (and the Writing is not able to 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 of him whom the Father did sanctify, and send to the world, do ye say — Thou speakest evil, because I said, Son of God I am?
do you charge him with blasphemy whom the Father has consecrated his Apostle to the world, for calling himself his Son?
37 if I do not the works of my Father, do not believe me;
If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.
38 and if I do, even if me ye may not believe, the works believe, that ye may know and may believe that in me [is] the Father, and I in Him.'
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 Therefore were they seeking again to seize him, and he went forth out of their hand,
They then attempted again to seize him; but he escaped out of their hands,
40 and went away again to the other side of the Jordan, to the place where John was at first baptizing, and remained there,
and retired again toward the Jordan, and abode in the place where John first immersed.
41 and many came unto him, and said — 'John, indeed, did no sign, and all things, as many as John said about this one were 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 did believe in him there.
And many believed on him there.
