John 10:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 22-23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29
John 10:1 NABRE
“Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever does not enter a sheepfold through the gate but climbs over elsewhere is a thief and a robber.
John 10:3 NABRE
The gatekeeper opens it for him, and the sheep hear his voice, as he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
John 10:4 NABRE
When he has driven out all his own, he walks ahead of them, and the sheep follow him, because they recognize his voice.
John 10:5 NABRE
But they will not follow a stranger; they will run away from him, because they do not recognize the voice of strangers.”
John 10:6 NABRE
Although Jesus used this figure of speech, they did not realize what he was trying to tell them.
John 10:8 NABRE
All who came [before me] are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.
John 10:9 NABRE
I am the gate. Whoever enters through me will be saved, and will come in and go out and find pasture.
John 10:10 NABRE
A thief comes only to steal and slaughter and destroy; I came so that they might have life and have it more abundantly.
John 10:15 NABRE
just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I will lay down my life for the sheep.
John 10:17 NABRE
This is why the Father loves me, because I lay down my life in order to take it up again.
John 10:22-23 NABRE
The feast of the Dedication was then taking place in Jerusalem. It was winter. And Jesus walked about in the temple area on the Portico of Solomon.
John 10:24 NABRE
So the Jews gathered around him and said to him, “How long are you going to keep us in suspense? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly.”
John 10:25 NABRE
Jesus answered them, “I told you and you do not believe. The works I do in my Father’s name testify to me.
John 10:28 NABRE
I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish. No one can take them out of my hand.
John 10:29 NABRE
My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one can take them out of the Father’s hand.