John 10
1 “Most certainly, I tell you, one who doesn’t enter by the door into the sheep fold, but climbs up some other way, is a thief and a robber.
VERILY, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheep-fold, but getteth in some other way, that person is a thief and a robber.
2 But one who enters in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
He that entereth by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
3 The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen 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 peculiar sheep by name, and leadeth them forth.
4 Whenever he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.
And when he bringeth out his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: because they know his voice.
5 They will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him; for they don’t know the voice of strangers.”
And a stranger will they not follow, but will fly from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.
6 Jesus spoke this parable to them, but they didn’t understand what he was telling them.
This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they knew nothing of the things which he spake to them.
7 Jesus therefore said to them again, “Most certainly, I tell you, I am the sheep’s door.
Therefore Jesus said unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that I am the door of the sheep.
8 All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep didn’t listen to them.
All, as many as have gone before me, are thieves and robbers: but the sheep hearkened not to them.
9 I am the door. If anyone enters in by me, he will be saved, and will go in and go out and will find pasture.
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 only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.
The thief cometh not but to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they may have life, and that they may 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 layeth down his life for the sheep.
12 He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who doesn’t own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, leaves the sheep, and flees. The wolf snatches the sheep and scatters them.
But the hireling, and he that is not the shepherd, whose own property the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth; and the wolf seizes upon them, and disperseth the sheep.
13 The hired hand flees because he is a hired hand and doesn’t care for the sheep.
Now the hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.
14 I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and I’m known by my own;
I am the good shepherd, and know my own sheep, and am known of my own.
15 even as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. I lay down my life for the sheep.
As the Father knoweth me, so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.
16 I have other sheep which are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will hear my voice. They will become one flock with one shepherd.
And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: these also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, one shepherd.
17 Therefore the Father loves me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.
Therefore doth the Father love 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 by myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. I received this commandment from my Father.”
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 I have received from my Father.
19 Therefore a division arose again among the Jews because of these words.
There was therefore a division again among the Jews, on account of these sayings.
20 Many of them said, “He has a demon and is insane! Why do you listen to him?”
Then many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hearken to him?
21 Others said, “These are not the sayings of one possessed by a demon. It isn’t possible for a demon to open the eyes of the blind, is it?”
Others said, These are not the discourses of a demoniac. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind?
22 It was the Feast of the Dedication at Jerusalem.
Then was the feast of dedication at Jerusalem, and it was winter.
23 It was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple, in Solomon’s porch.
And Jesus was walking in the temple, in Solomon’s portico.
24 The Jews therefore came around him and said to him, “How long will you hold us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.”
Then the Jews came about him, and said to him, How long dost thou keep our soul in suspense? If thou art the Messiah, tell us plainly.
25 Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you don’t believe. The works that I do in my Father’s name, these testify about me.
Jesus answered them; I told you, and ye believed not: the works which I do in the name of my Father, they bear witness of me.
26 But you don’t believe, because you are not of my sheep, as I told you.
But ye believe not, for ye are not of my sheep, as I told you.
27 My sheep hear my voice, and 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. No one is able to snatch them out of my Father’s hand.
My Father, who gave them to me, is greater than all and no one shall pluck them out of my Father’s hand.
30 I and the Father are one.”
I and my Father are one.
31 Therefore the Jews took up stones again to stone him.
Then the Jews again brought stones, in order to stone him.
32 Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from my Father. For which of those works do you stone me?”
Jesus said unto them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which work of these are ye going to stone me?
33 The Jews answered him, “We don’t stone you for a good work, but for blasphemy, because you, being a man, make yourself God.”
The Jews answered him, For a good work we do not stone thee; but for blasphemy; and that thou, being merely 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 If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture can’t be broken),
If he called those gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;
36 do you say of him whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, ‘You blaspheme,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’?
do ye say 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 don’t do the works of my Father, don’t believe me.
If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.
38 But if I do them, though you don’t believe me, believe the works, that you may know and believe that the Father is in me, and I 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 They sought again to seize him, and he went out of their hand.
Then sought they again to apprehend him and he departed out of their reach,
40 He went away again beyond the Jordan into the place where John was baptizing at first, and he stayed there.
and went again beyond Jordan, unto the place where John at first baptised; and there he abode.
41 Many came to him. They said, “John indeed did no sign, but everything that John said about this man is true.”
And many came to him, and said, That John indeed performed no miracle: but all things whatsoever John spake of this man were true.
42 Many believed in him there.
And many believed on him there.
