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He calls his sheep by name and leads them out of the pen. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>After he has brought out all his sheep, he walks ahead of them. The sheep follow him because they recognize his voice. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>They won't follow a stranger. Instead, they will run away from a stranger because they don't recognize his voice." <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Jesus used this illustration as he talked to the people, but they didn't understand what he meant.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Jesus emphasized, "I can guarantee this truth: I am the gate for the sheep. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>All who came before I did were thieves or robbers. However, the sheep didn't respond to them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>I am the gate. Those who enter the sheep pen through me will be saved. They will go in and out of the sheep pen and find food. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>A thief comes to steal, kill, and destroy. But I came so that my sheep will have life and so that they will have everything they need.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>"I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives his life for the sheep. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>A hired hand isn't a shepherd and doesn't own the sheep. When he sees a wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and quickly runs away. So the wolf drags the sheep away and scatters the flock. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The hired hand is concerned about what he's going to get paid and not about the sheep. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>"I am the good shepherd. I know my sheep as the Father knows me. My sheep know me as I know the Father. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>So I give my life for my sheep. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>I also have other sheep that are not from this pen. I must lead them. They, too, will respond to my voice. So they will be one flock with one shepherd. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>The Father loves me because I give my life in order to take it back again. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>No one takes my life from me. I give my life of my own free will. I have the authority to give my life, and I have the authority to take my life back again. This is what my Father ordered me to do."</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>The Jews were divided because of what Jesus said. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Many of them said, "He's possessed by a demon! He's crazy! Why do you listen to him?" <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Others said, "No one talks like this if he's possessed by a demon. Can a demon give sight to the blind?"</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>The Festival of the Dedication of the Temple took place in Jerusalem during the winter. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Jesus was walking on Solomon's porch in the temple courtyard. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>The Jews surrounded him. They asked him, "How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly." <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Jesus answered them, "I've told you, but you don't believe me. The things that I do in my Father's name testify on my behalf. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>However, you don't believe because you're not my sheep. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>My sheep respond to my voice, and I know who they are. They follow me, <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>and I give them eternal life. They will never be lost, and no one will tear them away from me. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>My Father, who gave them to me, is greater than everyone else, and no one can tear them away from my Father. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>The Father and I are one."</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>The Jews had again brought some rocks to stone Jesus to death. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>Jesus replied to them, "I've shown you many good things that come from the Father. For which of these good things do you want to stone me to death?" <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>The Jews answered Jesus, "We're going to stone you to death, not for any good things you've done, but for dishonoring God. You claim to be God, although you're only a man." <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>Jesus said to them, "Don't your Scriptures say, 'I said, "You are gods" '? <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>The Scriptures cannot be discredited. So if God calls people gods (and they are the people to whom he gave the Scriptures), <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>why do you say that I'm dishonoring God because I said, 'I'm the Son of God'? God set me apart for this holy purpose and has sent me into the world. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>If I'm not doing the things my Father does, don't believe me. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>But if I'm doing those things and you refuse to believe me, then at least believe the things that I'm doing. Then you will know and recognize that the Father is in me and that I am in the Father." <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>The Jews tried to arrest Jesus again, but he got away from them.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>He went back across the Jordan River and stayed in the place where John first baptized people. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>Many people went to Jesus. They said, "John didn't perform any miracles, but everything John said about this man is true." <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>Many people there believed in Jesus.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">GOD'S WORD® is a copyrighted work of <a href="//www.godsword.org" target="_top">God's Word to the Nations</a>. Quotations are used by permission. Copyright 1995 by God's Word to the Nations. 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