John 10
10
The Parable of the Shepherd
1“Truly, truly I say to you, he who does not enter by the door into the sheepfold, but climbs up some other way, is a thief and a robber. 2#Jn 10:14But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. 3#Jn 10:4; 10:16To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice. He calls his own sheep by name, and he leads them out. 4#Jn 10:16When he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them. And the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. 5Yet they will never follow a stranger, but will run away from him. For they do not know the voice of strangers.” 6Jesus told them this parable, but they did not understand what He was telling them.
Jesus the Good Shepherd
7#Jn 10:9; 10:1Then Jesus said to them again, “Truly, truly I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. 8#Eze 34:2; Jn 10:1All who came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. 9#Jn 10:1; 14:6I am the door. If anyone enters through Me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture. 10#Jn 6:33; Heb 7:25The thief does not come, except to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.
11#Isa 40:11; Eze 34:23; Heb 13:20“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep. 12#Eze 34:2–6; Zec 11:16–17But he who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep, and runs away. So the wolf catches the sheep and scatters them. 13The hired hand runs away because he is a hired hand and does not care about the sheep.
14#Jn 10:27; Isa 53:11“I am the good shepherd. I know My sheep and am known by My own. 15#Mt 11:27; Jn 10:11; Isa 53:10Even as the Father knows Me, so I know the Father. And I lay down My life for the sheep. 16#Isa 56:8; Jn 11:52I have other sheep who are not of this fold. I must also bring them, and they will hear My voice. There will be one flock and one shepherd. 17#Jn 10:11; Heb 2:9Therefore My Father loves Me, because I lay down My life that I may take it up again. 18#Jn 15:10; 14:31No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down Myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it up again. I received this command from My Father.”
19#Jn 9:16Therefore there was a division again among the Jews because of these sayings. 20#Mk 3:21; Jn 7:20Many of them said, “He has a demon and is insane. Why do you listen to Him?”
21#Ex 4:11; Ps 146:8Others said, “These are not the words of one who has a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”
Jesus Rejected by the Jews
22The Feast of the Dedication#Or Hanukkah. was at Jerusalem, and it was winter. 23#Ac 3:11; 5:12Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon’s Porch. 24#Jn 1:19Then the Jews surrounded Him, saying, “How long will You keep us in suspense? If You are the Christ, tell us plainly.”
25#Jn 8:58; 10:38Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you did not believe. The works that I do in My Father’s name bear witness of Me. 26#Jn 8:47But you do not believe, because you are not of My sheep, as I said to you. 27#Jn 10:14; 10:16My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. 28#Jn 6:37; 6:39–40I give them eternal life. They shall never perish, nor shall anyone snatch them from My hand. 29#Jn 14:28; 17:2My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all. No one is able to snatch them from My Father’s hand. 30#Jn 14:9; Mt 11:27My Father and I are one.”
31#Jn 8:59Again the Jews took up stones to stone Him. 32Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from My Father. For which of those works do you stone Me?”
33#Jn 5:18; Lev 24:16; Jn 10:30The Jews answered Him, “We are not stoning You for a good work, but for blasphemy, and because You, being a Man, claim to be God.”
34#Jn 12:34; 15:25Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your law, ‘I said, “You are gods”#Ps 82:6.’? 35If He called them ‘gods,’ to whom the word of God came, and the Scripture cannot be broken, 36#Jn 3:17; Jer 1:5do you say of Him, whom the Father has sanctified and sent into the world, ‘You blaspheme,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’? 37#Jn 15:24; 10:25If I am not doing the works of My Father, do not believe Me. 38#Jn 14:20; 10:30But if I do them, though you do not believe Me, believe the works, that you may know and believe that the Father is in Me, and I in Him.” 39#Jn 7:30; 8:59Again they tried to seize Him, but He escaped from their hands.
40#Jn 1:28Then He went away again beyond the Jordan into the place where John was baptizing at first, and He remained there. 41#Jn 1:29–30; 1:33–34Many came to Him and said, “John did no sign. But everything that John said about this Man was true.” 42#Jn 7:31And many believed in Him there.
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John 10
10
The Good Shepherd
1 “Truly I tell you, anyone who doesn’t enter the sheep pen by the gate but climbs in some other way is a thief and a robber. #
Jr 7:11; Hs 6:9; 1Th 5:2,4; 2Pt 3:10; Rv 3:3; 16:15 2The one who enters by the gate is the shepherd#Gn 4:2; Ps 23:1 of the sheep.#Mt 7:15 3The gatekeeper opens it for him, and the sheep hear his voice. 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 know his voice. 5They will never follow a stranger; instead they will run away from him, because they don’t know the voice of strangers.” 6Jesus gave them this figure of speech, but they did not understand#Mk 9:32; Lk 2:50; 9:45; 18:34; Jn 2:24; 12:16 what he was telling them.
7Jesus said again, “Truly I tell you, I am#Ex 3:14; Ps 45:8; Jn 8:24 the gate for the sheep.#Mt 7:15 8All who came before me#10:8 Other mss omit before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep didn’t listen to them. 9I am the gate. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will come in and go out and find pasture. 10A thief comes only to steal#Eph 4:28 and kill and destroy.#Jn 6:27 I have come so that they may have life and have it in abundance.
11 “I am the good shepherd. #
Ps 23; Is 40:11; Ezk 34:12,23; 37:24; Zch 13:7; Jn 21:15–17; Heb 13:20; 1Pt 2:25; 5:4; Rv 7:17 The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.#Mt 20:28; Mk 10:45; 2Co 5:21; Gl 3:13; 1Jn 3:16 12The hired hand, since he is not the shepherd and doesn’t own the sheep, leaves them#10:12 Lit leaves the sheep and runs away when he sees a wolf#Lk 10:3 coming. The wolf then snatches and scatters them. 13This happens because he is a hired hand and doesn’t care about the sheep.
14 “I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and my own know me, 15just as the Father knows me, and I know the Father.#Mt 11:27; Lk 10:22 I lay down my life#Mt 20:28 for the sheep. 16But I have other sheep#Is 56:8; Ezk 34:11–13; Mt 8:11,12; Jn 12:32; Ac 10:34–35; 1Pt 2:25 that are not from this sheep pen; I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. Then there will be one flock, one shepherd.#Ezk 34:23; 37:24; Jn 11:52; 17:11,20–22; Eph 2:11–19 17This is why the Father loves me,#Jn 3:35; 5:20 because I lay down my life#1Jn 3:16 so 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.”#Jn 5:19
19Again the Jews were divided#Jn 7:43; 9:16 because of these words. 20Many of them were saying, “He has a demon#Jn 7:20; 8:48; Rv 9:20; 18:2 and he’s crazy. Why do you listen to him?” 21Others were saying, “These aren’t the words of someone who is demon-possessed. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?” #Ex 4:11; Ps 146:8; Jn 9:32–33
Jesus at the Festival of Dedication
22Then the Festival of Dedication took place in Jerusalem, and it was winter. 23Jesus was walking in the temple in Solomon’s Colonnade.#Ac 3:11; 5:12 24The Jews surrounded him and asked, “How long are you going to keep us in suspense?#10:24 Lit “How long are you taking away our life? If you are the Messiah,#Mt 1:17; Eph 5:2 tell us plainly.”#10:24 Or openly, or publicly#Mt 26:63; Lk 22:67; 2Co 3:12
25 “I did tell you and you don’t believe,” Jesus answered them. “The works#Jn 5:36; 6:28–29; Rm 14:20; Heb 3:9; 2Jn 8; Rv 15:3 that I do in my Father’s name testify about me. 26But you don’t believe because you are not of my sheep.#10:26 Other mss add just as I told you#Jn 6:37; 8:47 27My sheep hear my voice, I know them, and they follow me. 28I give them eternal life,#Jn 12:25; Ac 13:48; 1Jn 2:25 and they will never perish.#Mt 10:42; Mk 9:41; Lk 21:18; Jn 3:16; 6:27,39; 17:12; 18:9; 2Co 4:9; 2Jn 8 No one will snatch#1Th 4:17 them out of my hand. 29My Father,#Mt 11:27 who has given them to me, is greater than all. No one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand. 30I and the Father are one.”#Jn 1:15; 14:10; 17:11; 1Jn 2:24
Renewed Efforts to Stone Jesus
31Again the Jews picked up rocks to stone him.#Jn 11:8
32Jesus replied, “I have shown you many good works#Jn 5:36; 15:24 from the Father. For which of these works are you stoning me?”
33“We aren’t stoning#Lv 24:16; Mt 9:3; 26:62–66; Jn 5:18; 8:59 you for a good work,” the Jews answered, “but for blasphemy, because you — being a man — make yourself God.”
34Jesus answered them, “Isn’t it written in your law,#10:34 Other mss read in the scripture I said, you are gods?#10:34Ps 82:6#Ps 82:6 35If he called those to whom the word#Lk 8:21; Jn 2:22; 18:32 of God came ‘gods’ — and the Scripture#Mt 26:54 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?#Jn 5:19; Heb 1:2 37If I am not doing my Father’s works,#Jn 5:36; 15:24; Heb 3:9; Rv 15:3 don’t believe me. 38But if I am doing them and you don’t believe me, believe the works. This way you will know and understand#10:38 Other mss read know and believe that the Father is in me and I in the Father.”#Jn 14:10; 1Jn 5:20 39Then they were trying again to seize him,#Jn 7:44 but he escaped their grasp.#Lk 4:30
Many beyond the Jordan Believe in Jesus
40So he departed again across the Jordan#Mk 10:1; Lk 3:3 to the place where John#Mk 1:4 had been baptizing earlier, and he remained there. 41Many came to him#Mk 1:45 and said, “John never did a sign, but everything John said about this man was true.” 42And many believed in him there.
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