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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>John 10 NET Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/john/10.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/john/10-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NET Bible</a> > John 10</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../john/9.htm" title="John 9">◄</a> John 10 <a href="../john/11.htm" title="John 11">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">NET Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/net/esv/john/10.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="title">Jesus as the Good Shepherd</p><p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>“I tell you the solemn truth, the one who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>The one who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>The doorkeeper opens the door for him, and the sheep hear his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>When he has brought all his own sheep out, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they recognize his voice. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>They will never follow a stranger, but will run away from him, because they do not recognize the stranger’s voice.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Jesus told them this parable, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>So Jesus said to them again, “I tell you the solemn truth, I am the door for the sheep. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>All who came before me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>I am the door. If anyone enters through me, he will be saved, and will come in and go out, and find pasture. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come so that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>The hired hand, who is not a shepherd and does not own sheep, sees the wolf coming and abandons the sheep and runs away. So the wolf attacks the sheep and scatters them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Because he is a hired hand and is not concerned about the sheep, he runs away.</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>“I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me – <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>just as the Father knows me and I know the Father – and I lay down my life for the sheep. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>I have other sheep that do not come from this sheepfold. I must bring them too, and they will listen to my voice, so that there will be one flock and one shepherd. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>This is why the Father loves me – because I lay down my life, so that I may take it back again. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>No one takes it away from me, but I lay it down of my own free will. I have the authority to lay it down, and I have the authority to take it back again. This commandment I received from my Father.”</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Another sharp division took place among the Jewish people because of these words. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Many of them were saying, “He is possessed by a demon and has lost his mind! Why do you listen to him?” <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Others said, “These are not the words of someone possessed by a demon. A demon cannot cause the blind to see, can it?”</p> <p class="title">Jesus at the Feast of Dedication</p><p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Then came the feast of the Dedication in Jerusalem. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>It was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple area in Solomon’s Portico. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>The Jewish leaders surrounded him and asked, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Jesus replied, “I told you and you do not believe. The deeds I do in my Father’s name testify about me. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>But you refuse to believe because you are not my sheep. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>My sheep listen to my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>I give them eternal life, and they will never perish; no one will snatch them from my hand. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one can snatch them from my Father’s hand. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>The Father and I are one.”</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>The Jewish leaders picked up rocks again to stone him to death. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>Jesus said to them, “I have shown you many good deeds from the Father. For which one of them are you going to stone me?” <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>The Jewish leaders replied, “We are not going to stone you for a good deed but for blasphemy, because you, a man, are claiming to be God.”</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>Jesus answered, “Is it not written in your law, ‘<b><i>I said, you are gods</i></b>’? <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>If those people to whom the word of God came were called ‘gods’ (and the scripture cannot be broken), <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>do you say about the one whom the Father set apart and sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’? <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>If I do not perform the deeds of my Father, do not believe me. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>But if I do them, even if you do not believe me, believe the deeds, so that you may come to know and understand that I am in the Father and the Father is in me.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>Then they attempted again to seize him, but he escaped their clutches.</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>Jesus went back across the Jordan River again to the place where John had been baptizing at an earlier time, and he stayed there. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>Many came to him and began to say, “John performed no miraculous sign, but everything John said about this man was true!” <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>And many believed in Jesus there.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href="http://netbible.com/">NET Bible copyright © 1996-2006 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. http://netbible.com.<br />Used by permission. 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