John 10
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1“I tell you the truth, anyone who doesn't come in through the gate of the sheepfold#10:1. “Sheepfold,” or “courtyard.” This referred to the enclosure beside a house and often attached to it, surrounded by a wall. The setting is a village rather than the open countryside. but climbs in some other way is a thief and a robber. 2The one who comes in through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. 3The gatekeeper opens it for him, and the sheep respond to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out. 4After bringing them out, he walks ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they recognize his voice. 5They won't follow strangers. In fact they run away from a stranger because they don't recognize the voice of strangers.”
6When Jesus gave this illustration those who were listening to him didn't understand what he meant. 7So Jesus explained again, “I tell you the truth: I am the gate of the sheep. 8All those who came before me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep didn't listen to them. 9I am the gate. Anyone who comes in through me will be healed.#10:9. Or “saved.” They will be able to come and go, and find the food they need. 10The thief comes only to steal, kill, and destroy. I've come to bring you life, life full to overflowing. 11I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12The man paid to look after the sheep is not the shepherd and he runs away when he sees the wolf coming. He abandons the sheep because they're not his, and the wolf attacks and scatters the flock 13for the man is only working for pay and doesn't care about the sheep. 14I am the good shepherd. I know who are mine, and they know me, 15just as the Father knows me and I know him. I lay down my life for the sheep. 16I have other sheep that are not in this sheepfold. I must bring them too. They will listen to my voice and there will be one flock with one shepherd.
17This is why the Father loves me, because I lay down my life so I may take it up again. 18No one takes it from me; I choose to lay it down. I have the right to give it up, and I have the right to take it back. This is the command my Father gave me.”
19The Jews were again divided in their opinion about Jesus over these words. 20Many of them said, “He's demon-possessed! He's mad! Why are you listening to him?” 21Others said, “These aren't the words of someone who's demon-possessed. Besides, a demon can't open eyes that are blind.”
22It was winter, and the time of the Festival of Dedication in Jerusalem. 23Jesus was walking in the Temple through Solomon's Porch. The Jews surrounded him, asking, 24“How long are you going to keep us hanging in suspense?#10:24. A colloquial expression that is literally “lift up our souls,” and means creating a position of uncertainty. If you are the Messiah then tell us plainly!”
25Jesus replied, “I already told you but you refuse to believe it. The miracles I do in my Father's name prove who I am. 26You don't believe me because you are not my sheep. 27My sheep recognize my voice; I know them, and they follow me. 28I give them eternal life; they shall never be lost, and no one can snatch them from me.#10:28. Literally, “out of my hand.” Similarly verse 29. 29My Father who gave them to me is greater than anyone else; no one can snatch them from him. 30I and the Father are one.”
31Once again the Jews picked up stones to stone him.
32Jesus said to them, “You've seen many good deeds that I've done from the Father. Which one are you stoning me for?”
33The Jews replied, “We're not stoning you for a good deed, but for blasphemy because you are just a man but you're claiming to be God.”
34Jesus answered them, “Isn't it written in your law, ‘I said, you are gods’?#10:34. Quoting Psalms 82:6. 35He called those people ‘gods,’ the people to whom the word of God came—and Scripture can't be altered. 36So why are you saying the one whom the Father set apart and sent into the world is blaspheming because I said ‘I am the Son of God’? 37If I'm not doing what my Father does, then don't believe me. 38But if that is what I'm doing, even though you don't believe me, you should believe because of the evidence of what I've done. That way you can know and understand that the Father is in me, and I am in the Father.”
39Once again they tried to arrest him, but he escaped from them. 40He went back across the Jordan River to the place where John had begun baptizing, and he stayed there. 41Many people came to him, and they said, “John didn't perform miracles, but everything he said about this man has come true.” 42Many who were there put their trust in Jesus.
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John 10
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I Am the Good Shepherd
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. 2But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. 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 out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. 5#[ver. 12, 13]A stranger they will not follow, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.” 6This figure of speech Jesus #ch. 9:40 used with them, but they #See Mark 9:32did not understand what he was saying to them.
7So Jesus again said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, #ver. 9; [ch. 14:6; Eph. 2:18]I am the door of the sheep. 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, #[ch. 5:34] he will be saved and will go in and out and #Ps. 23:2; Ezek. 34:14find pasture. 10The thief comes only to steal and #[Jer. 23:1; Ezek. 34:3]kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. 11#Isa. 40:11; Ezek. 34:12, 23; 37:24; Zech. 13:7; Heb. 13:20; 1 Pet. 2:25; 5:4; [ch. 21:15-17; Ps. 23; Rev. 7:17] I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd #ver. 15, 17; ch. 15:13; 1 John 3:16; [Matt. 20:28; Mark 10:45]lays down his life for the sheep. 12He who is #[Ezek. 34:2-6] a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and #Zech. 11:17; 13:7 leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and #[Jer. 23:1-3]scatters them. 13He flees because #[1 Pet. 5:2] he is a hired hand and #Zech. 11:16cares nothing for the sheep. 14#See ver. 11 I am the good shepherd. #ver. 27; Nah. 1:7; 2 Tim. 2:19 I know my own and #ver. 4my own know me, 15#See Matt. 11:27 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and #See ver. 11I lay down my life for the sheep. 16And #Isa. 56:8 I have other sheep that are not of this fold. #[Ezek. 34:11-13; Matt. 8:11, 12; Eph. 2:13-18; 1 Pet. 2:25] I must bring them also, and #ch. 5:25; 18:37; [Acts 28:28] they will listen to my voice. So there will be #[ch. 11:52; 12:32; 17:11, 21, 22] one flock, #Ezek. 34:23; 37:24one shepherd. 17#Phil. 2:9; See ch. 5:20 For this reason the Father loves me, #Isa. 53:7, 8, 12; Heb. 2:9 because #ver. 11I lay down my life that I may take it up again. 18#[Matt. 26:53] No one takes it from me, but #[See ver. 17 above] I lay it down #[ch. 5:30] of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and #ch. 2:19; [Phil. 2:7] I have authority to take it up again. #ch. 12:49; 14:31; 15:10This charge I have received from my Father.”
19 # ch. 7:43; 9:16 There was again a division among the Jews because of these words. 20Many of them said, #See ch. 7:20 “He has a demon, and #[Mark 3:21]is insane; why listen to him?” 21Others said, “These are not the words of one who is oppressed by a demon. #[Ex. 4:11; Ps. 146:8]; See ch. 9:33Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”
I and the Father Are One
22At that time the Feast of Dedication took place at Jerusalem. It was winter, 23and Jesus was walking in the temple, #Acts 3:11; 5:12in the colonnade of Solomon. 24So the Jews gathered around him and said to him, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are #ch. 1:41 the Christ, #Matt. 26:63; Luke 22:67tell us plainly.” 25Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe. #ver. 38; See ch. 5:36 The works that I do #See ch. 5:43in my Father’s name bear witness about me, 26but #[ch. 8:47]you do not believe because you are not among my sheep. 27#ver. 14, 16My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. 28#[1 John 2:25; 5:11] I give them eternal life, and #ch. 17:12; 18:9 they will never perish, and #ch. 6:37no one will snatch them out of my hand. 29My Father, #ch. 6:37; 17:2 who has given them to me,#10:29 Some manuscripts What my Father has given to me#[ch. 14:28] is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of #[Deut. 32:39; Isa. 49:2; 51:16]the Father’s hand. 30#ch. 17:11, 22; [ch. 5:19; 14:9]I and the Father are one.”
31 # ch. 8:59 The Jews picked up stones again to stone him. 32Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you going to stone me?” 33The Jews answered him, “It is not for a good work that we are going to stone you but #See Lev. 24:16; Matt. 9:3 for blasphemy, because you, being a man, #ch. 5:18make yourself God.” 34Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in #[ch. 12:34; 15:25; 1 Cor. 14:21] your Law, #Cited from Ps. 82:6‘I said, you are gods’? 35If he called them gods to whom the word of God came—and Scripture cannot be #[Matt. 5:17, 19]broken— 36do you say of him whom #[ch. 6:27] the Father consecrated and #See ch. 3:17 sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because #ch. 5:17, 18; [ver. 30]I said, ‘I am the Son of God’? 37#ch. 15:24If I am not doing the works of my Father, then do not believe me; 38but if I do them, #ver. 25; [ch. 14:11] even though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and understand that #ch. 14:10, 11, 20; 17:21, 23; [ch. 8:29]the Father is in me and I am in the Father.” 39#ch. 7:30, 44Again they sought to arrest him, but he escaped from their hands.
40He went away again across the Jordan to the place #ch. 1:28where John had been baptizing at first, and there he remained. 41And many came to him. And they said, “John did no sign, but #ch. 1:7, 29-34; 3:27-30; 5:33everything that John said about this man was true.” 42And #See ch. 7:31many believed in him there.
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