John 10

¹Amen, amen, I say to you; he that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up another way, the same is a thief and a robber. ²But he that entereth in by the door, is the shepherd of the sheep; ³To whom the porter openeth: and the sheep hear his voice, and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out. ⁴And when he hath let out his own sheep, he goeth before them: and the sheep follow him, because they know his voice. ⁵But a stranger they follow not, but fly from him, because they know not the voice of strangers. ⁶This parable Jesus spoke to them. But they understood not what he was speaking to them. ⁷Jesus, therefore, said to them again; Amen, amen, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. ⁸All they who came, are thieves and robbers, and the sheep heard them not. ⁹I am the door. If any one enter by me, he shall be saved: and he shall go in, and go out, and shall find pastures. ¹⁰The thief cometh not, but to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I am come that they may have life, and may have it more abundantly. ¹¹I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd giveth his life for his sheep. ¹²But the hireling, and he that is not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf snatcheth, and scattereth the sheep: ¹³And the hireling fleeth, because he is a hireling: and he hath no care for the sheep. ¹⁴I am the good shepherd, and I know mine, and mine know me. ¹⁵As the Father knoweth me, and I know the Father, and I lay down my life for my sheep. ¹⁶And other sheep I have, that 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. ¹⁷Therefore doth the Father love me: because I lay down my life, that I may take it again. ¹⁸No man taketh it away from me: but I lay it down of myself, and I have power to lay it down; and I have power to take it up again. This commandment have I received of my Father. ¹⁹A dissension rose again among the Jews for these words. ²⁰And many of them said: He hath a devil, and is mad: why hear you him? ²¹Others said; These are not the words of one that hath a devil: Can a devil open the eyes of the blind? ²²And it was the feast of the dedication at Jerusalem, and it was winter: ²³And Jesus walked in the temple, in Solomon's porch. ²⁴The Jews, therefore, came round about him, and said to him; How long dost thou keep our minds in suspense? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly. ²⁵Jesus answered them; I speak to you, and you believe not: the works that I do in the name of my Father, they give testimony of me: ²⁶But you do not believe, because you are not of my sheep. ²⁷My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: ²⁸And I give them life everlasting: and they shall not perish for ever, and no man shall snatch them out of my hand. ²⁹That which my Father hath given me, is greater than all: and no one can snatch them out of the hand of my Father. ³⁰I and the Father are one. ³¹The Jews then took up stones, to stone him. ³²Jesus answered them; Many good works I have shewn to you from my Father; for which of those works do you stone me? ³³The Jews answered him; For a good work we stone thee not, but for blasphemy: and because that thou, being a man, maketh thyself God. ³⁴Jesus answered them; Is it not written in your law: I have said, you are gods? ³⁵If he called them gods, to whom the word of God was spoken, and the Scripture cannot be broken; ³⁶Do you say of him, whom the Father hath sanctified and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God? ³⁷If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. ³⁸But if I do: though you will not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and believe that the Father is in me, and I in the Father. ³⁹They sought, therefore, to take him: and he escaped out of their hands. ⁴⁰And he went away again beyond the Jordan into that place where John was baptizing first, and there he abode: ⁴¹And many resorted to him, and they said: John indeed did no sign. ⁴²But all things whatsoever John said of this man were true. And many believed in him.