Yochanan (Jhn) 10
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1“Yes, indeed! I tell you, the person who doesn’t enter the sheep-pen through the door, but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber. 2But the one who goes in through the gate is the sheep’s own shepherd. 3This is the one the gate-keeper admits, and the sheep hear his voice. He calls his own sheep, each one by name, and leads them out. 4After taking out all that are his own, he goes on ahead of them; and the sheep follow him because they recognize his voice. 5They never follow a stranger but will run away from him, because strangers’ voices are unfamiliar to them.”
6Yeshua used this indirect manner of speaking with them, but they didn’t understand what he was talking to them about. 7So Yeshua said to them again, “Yes, indeed! I tell you that I am the gate for the sheep. 8All those who have come before me have been thieves and robbers, but the sheep didn’t listen to them. 9I am the gate; if someone enters through me, he will be safe and will go in and out and find pasture. 10The thief comes only in order to steal, kill and destroy; I have come so that they may have life, life in its fullest measure.
11“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12The hired hand, since he isn’t a shepherd and the sheep aren’t his own, sees the wolf coming, abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf drags them off and scatters them. 13The hired worker behaves like this because that’s all he is, a hired worker; so it doesn’t matter to him what happens to the sheep. 14I am the good shepherd; I know my own, and my own know me — 15just as the Father knows me, and I know the Father — and I lay down my life on behalf of the sheep. 16Also I have other sheep which are not from this pen; I need to bring them, and they will hear my voice; and there will be one flock, one shepherd.
17“This is why the Father loves me: because I lay down my life — in order to take it up again! 18No one takes it away from me; on the contrary, I lay it down of my own free will. I have the power to lay it down, and I have the power to take it up again. This is what my Father commanded me to do.”
19Again there was a split among the Judeans because of what he said. 20Many of them said, “He has a demon!” and “He’s meshugga! Why do you listen to him?” 21Others said, “These are not the deeds of a man who is demonized — how can a demon open blind people’s eyes?”
22Then came Hanukkah in Yerushalayim. It was winter, 23and Yeshua was walking around inside the Temple area, in Shlomo’s Colonnade. 24So the Judeans surrounded him and said to him, “How much longer are you going to keep us in suspense? If you are the Messiah, tell us publicly!” 25Yeshua answered them, “I have already told you, and you don’t trust me. The works I do in my Father’s name testify on my behalf, 26but the reason you don’t trust is that you are not included among my sheep. 27My sheep listen to my voice, I recognize them, they follow me, 28and I give them eternal life. They will absolutely never be destroyed, and no one will snatch them from my hands. 29My Father, who gave them to me, is greater than all; and no one can snatch them from the Father’s hands. 30I and the Father are one.”
31Once again the Judeans picked up rocks in order to stone him. 32Yeshua answered them, “You have seen me do many good deeds that reflect the Father’s power; for which one of these deeds are you stoning me?” 33The Judeans replied, “We are not stoning you for any good deed, but for blasphemy — because you, who are only a man, are making yourself out to be God .” 34Yeshua answered them, “Isn’t it written in your Torah, ‘I have said, “You people are Elohim’ ”? 35If he called ‘elohim’ the people to whom the word of Elohim was addressed (and the Tanakh cannot be broken), 36then are you telling the one whom the Father set apart as holy and sent into the world, ‘You are committing blasphemy,’ just because I said, ‘I am a son of Elohim’?
37“If I am not doing deeds that reflect my Father’s power, don’t trust me. 38But if I am, then, even if you don’t trust me, trust the deeds; so that you may understand once and for all that the Father is united with me, and I am united with the Father.” 39One more time they tried to arrest him, but he slipped out of their hands.
40He went off again beyond the Yarden, where Yochanan had been immersing at first, and stayed there. 41Many people came to him and said, “Yochanan performed no miracles, but everything Yochanan said about this man was true.” 42And many people there put their trust in him.
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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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