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<a href ="../ezekiel/34.htm#11">Ezekiel 34:11–24</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Verely, verely I say vnto you, Hee that entreth not in by the doore into the sheepefolde, but climeth vp another way, he is a theefe and a robber. <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>But he that goeth in by the doore, is the shepheard of the sheepe. <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>To him the porter openeth, & the sheepe heare his voyce, and he calleth his owne sheepe by name, and leadeth them out. <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And when hee hath sent foorth his owne sheepe, he goeth before them, and the sheepe follow him: for they know his voyce. <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And they will not follow a stranger, but they flee from him: for they know not the voyce of strangers. <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>This parable spake Iesus vnto them: but they vnderstoode not what things they were which he spake vnto them.<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Then sayd Iesus vnto them againe, Verely, verely I say vnto you, I am that doore of the sheepe. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>All, that euer came before me, are theeues and robbers: but the sheepe did not heare them. <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>I am that doore: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saued, and shall go in, and go out, and finde pasture. <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>The theefe commeth not, but for to steale, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might haue life, and haue it in abundance.<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>I am that good shepheard: that good shepheard giueth his life for his sheepe. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>But an hireling, and hee which is not the shepheard, neither the sheepe are his owne, seeth the wolfe comming, and hee leaueth the sheepe, and fleeth, and the wolfe catcheth them, and scattreth the sheepe. <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>So the hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheepe. <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>I am that good shepheard, & knowe mine, and am knowen of mine. <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>As the Father knoweth me, so know I the Father: and I lay downe my life for my sheepe. <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Other sheepe I haue also, which are not of this folde: them also must I bring, and they shall heare my voyce: and there shalbe one sheepefolde, and one shepheard. <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Therefore doeth my Father loue me, because I lay downe my life, that I might take it againe. <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>No man taketh it from me, but I lay it downe of my selfe: I haue power to lay it downe, and haue power to take it againe: this commandement haue I receiued of my Father.<p> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Then there was a dissension againe among the Iewes for these sayings, <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And many of them sayd, He hath a deuill, and is mad: why heare ye him? <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Other sayd, These are not the wordes of him that hath a deuill: can the deuill open the eyes of the blinde?<p> <A name="23"></a><p class="hdg">Jesus at the Feast of Dedication<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And it was at Hierusalem the feast of the Dedication, and it was winter. <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And Iesus walked in the Temple, in Solomons porche. <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Then came the Iewes round about him, and sayd vnto him, Howe long doest thou make vs dout? If thou be that Christ, tell vs plainely. <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Iesus answered them, I tolde you, and ye beleeue not: the workes that I doe in my Fathers Name, they beare witnes of me. <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>But ye beleeue not: for ye are not of my sheepe, as I sayd vnto you. <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>My sheepe heare my voyce, and I knowe them, and they follow me, <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>And I giue vnto them eternall life, & they shall neuer perish, neither shall any plucke them out of mine hand. <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>My Father which gaue them me, is greater then all, and none is able to take them out of my Fathers hand. <A name="31"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>I and my Father are one.<p> <A name="32"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Then ye Iewes againe tooke vp stones, to stone him. <A name="33"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>Iesus answered them, Many good workes haue I shewed you from my Father: for which of these workes doe ye stone me? <A name="34"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>The Iewes answered him, saying, For the good worke we stone thee not, but for blasphemie, and that thou being a man, makest thy selfe God. <A name="35"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>Iesus answered them, Is it not written in your Lawe, I sayd, Ye are gods? <A name="36"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>If hee called them gods, vnto whome the worde of God was giuen, and the Scripture cannot be broken, <A name="37"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>Say ye of him, whome the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the worlde, Thou blasphemest, because I said, I am the Sonne of God? <A name="38"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>If I doe not the workes of my Father, beleeue me not. <A name="39"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>But if I doe, then though ye beleeue not mee, yet beleeue the workes, that ye may knowe and beleeue, that the Father is in me, and I in him. <A name="40"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>Againe they went about to take him: but he escaped out of their handes,<p> <A name="41"></a><p class="hdg">John’s Testimony Confirmed<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>And went againe beyonde Iordan, into the place where Iohn first baptized, and there abode. <A name="42"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>And many resorted vnto him, and saide, Iohn did no miracle: but all thinges that Iohn spake of this man, were true. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>And many beleeued in him there.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Geneva Bible of 1587<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../john/9.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="John 9"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="John 9" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../john/11.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="John 11"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="John 11" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>