John 10
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1"I assure you: Anyone who doesn't enter the sheep pen by the door but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber.1“Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber.
2The one who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.2But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
3The doorkeeper opens it for him, and the sheep hear his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 3To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
4When he has brought all his own outside, he goes ahead of them. The sheep follow him because they recognize his voice. 4When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.
5They will never follow a stranger; instead they will run away from him, because they don't recognize the voice of strangers." 5A stranger they will not follow, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.”
6Jesus gave them this illustration, but they did not understand what He was telling them. 6This figure of speech Jesus used with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.
7So Jesus said again, "I assure you: I am the door of the sheep.7So Jesus again said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.
8All who came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep didn't listen to them. 8All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.
9I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved and will come in and go out and find pasture. 9I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture.
10A thief comes only to steal and to kill and to destroy. I have come so that they may have life and have it in abundance. 10The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came 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.11I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
12The hired man, since he is not the shepherd and doesn't own the sheep, leaves them and runs away when he sees a wolf coming. The wolf then snatches and scatters them. 12He who is a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them.
13This happens because he is a hired man and doesn't care about the sheep. 13He flees because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep.
14"I am the good shepherd. I know My own sheep, and they know Me, 14I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me,
15as the Father knows Me, and I know the Father. I lay down My life for the sheep. 15just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.
16But I have other sheep that are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will listen to My voice. Then there will be one flock, one shepherd.16And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd.
17This is why the Father loves Me, because I am laying down My life so I may take it up again. 17For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it up again.
18No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down on My own. I have the right to lay it down, and I have the right to take it up again. I have received this command from My Father." 18No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from my Father.”
19Again a division took place among the Jews because of these words. 19There was again a division among the Jews because of these words.
20Many of them were saying, "He has a demon and He's crazy! Why do you listen to Him?"20Many of them said, “He has a demon, and is insane; why listen to him?”
21Others were saying, "These aren't the words of someone demon-possessed. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?" 21Others said, “These are not the words of one who is oppressed by a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”
22Then the Festival of Dedication took place in Jerusalem, and it was winter. 22At that time the Feast of Dedication took place at Jerusalem. It was winter,
23Jesus was walking in the temple complex in Solomon's Colonnade.23and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the colonnade of Solomon.
24Then the Jews surrounded Him and asked, "How long are You going to keep us in suspense? If You are the Messiah, tell us plainly." 24So the Jews gathered around him and said to him, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.”
25"I did tell you and you don't believe," Jesus answered them. "The works that I do in My Father's name testify about Me. 25Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in my Father’s name bear witness about me,
26But you don't believe because you are not My sheep. 26but you do not believe because you are not among my sheep.
27My sheep hear My voice, I know them, and they follow Me. 27My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
28I give them eternal life, and they will never perish--ever! No one will snatch them out of My hand. 28I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.
29My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all. No one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand. 29My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand.
30The Father and I are one." 30I and the Father are one.”
31Again the Jews picked up rocks to stone Him. 31The Jews picked up stones again to stone him.
32Jesus replied, "I have shown you many good works from the Father. Which of these works are you stoning Me for?"" 32Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you going to stone me?”
33We aren't stoning You for a good work," the Jews answered, "but for blasphemy, because You--being a man--make Yourself God." 33The Jews answered him, “It is not for a good work that we are going to stone you but for blasphemy, because you, being a man, make yourself God.”
34Jesus answered them, "Isn't it written in your scripture, I said, you are gods? 34Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your Law, ‘I said, you are gods’?
35If He called those whom the word of God came to 'gods--and the Scripture cannot be broken--35If he called them gods to whom the word of God came—and Scripture cannot be broken—
36do you say, You are blaspheming to the One the Father set apart and sent into the world, because I said: I am the Son of God?36do you say of him whom the Father consecrated and sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’?
37If I am not doing My Father's works, don't believe Me. 37If I am not doing the works of my Father, then do not believe me;
38But if I am doing them and you don't believe Me, believe the works. This way you will know and understand that the Father is in Me and I in the Father."38but if I do them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.”
39Then they were trying again to seize Him, yet He eluded their grasp. 39Again they sought to arrest him, but he escaped from their hands.
40So He departed again across the Jordan to the place where John had been baptizing earlier, and He remained there. 40He went away again across the Jordan to the place where John had been baptizing at first, and there he remained.
41Many came to Him and said, "John never did a sign, but everything John said about this man was true." 41And many came to him. And they said, “John did no sign, but everything that John said about this man was true.”
42And many believed in Him there. 42And many believed in him there.
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