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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//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 BLB</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" /></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="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">BLB</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 width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/berean/john/10.htm" width="100%" height="32" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><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">Berean Literal Bible</div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">Jesus the Good Shepherd<br /><span class="cross">(Psalm 23:1-6; Ezekiel 34:11-24)</span></p><p class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>“Truly, truly, I say to you, the <i>one</i> not entering in by the door to the fold of the sheep, but climbing up another way, he is a thief and a robber. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>But the <i>one</i> entering in by the door is <i>the</i> shepherd of the sheep. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice. And he calls the own sheep by name and leads them out. </p><p class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>When he has brought out all the own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, because they know his voice. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>But they will never follow a stranger, but will flee from him, because they do not recognize the voice of strangers.” </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Jesus spoke to them this allegory, but they did not know what it was that He was saying to them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Therefore Jesus again said to them, <span class="red">“Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>All who ever came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>I am the door. If anyone enters in by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and will go out and will find pasture. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>The thief comes only that he might steal and might kill and might destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have <i>it</i> abundantly.</span> </p><p class="red"><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>But the hired servant, being not <i>the</i> shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees—and the wolf snatches them and scatters <i>them</i>— <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>because he is a hired servant and is not himself concerned about the sheep. </p><p class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>I am the good shepherd, and I know My own, and I am known by My own. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>As the Father knows Me, I also 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>And I have other sheep which are not of this fold. It behooves Me to bring those also, and they will hear My voice, and there will be one flock with one shepherd. </p><p class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Because of this, the Father loves Me, because I lay down My life, that I might take it again. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it again. This commandment I received from My Father.” </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Again there was division among the Jews on account of these words. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And many of them were saying, “He has a demon and is insane. Why do you listen to Him?” </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Others were saying, “These are not the sayings of one possessed by a demon. Is a demon able to open <i>the</i> eyes of <i>the</i> blind?” </p><p class="hdg">The Unbelief of the Jews</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>At the time the Feast of Dedication<span class="fn"><a href="#fna" title="That is, Hanukkah, also called the Feast of Lights">a</a></span> took place at Jerusalem. It was winter, <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>and Jesus was walking in the temple in the porch of Solomon. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Therefore the Jews encircled Him and were saying to Him, “Until when do You hold our soul in suspense? If You are the Christ, tell us plainly.” </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Jesus answered them, <span class="red">“I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in the name of My Father, these bear witness concerning Me. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>But you do not believe, because you are not from among My sheep. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>And I give them eternal life, and never shall they perish to the age, and never will anyone seize them out of My hand. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>My Father who has given <i>them</i> to Me is greater than all, and no one is able to seize <i>them</i> out of the Father’s hand. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>I and the Father are one.”</span> </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Therefore the Jews took up stones again, that they might stone Him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>Jesus answered them, <span class="red">“I have shown you many good works from the Father; because of which work of these do you stone Me?”</span> </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>The Jews answered Him, “We do not stone You for a good work, but for blasphemy, and because You, being a man, make yourself God.” </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>Jesus answered them, <span class="red">“Is it not written in your Law: ‘I said you are gods’<span class="fn"><a href="#fnb" title="Psalm 82:6">b</a></span>? <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>If he called them gods to whom the word of God came, and the Scripture is not able to be broken, <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>do you say <i>of Him</i> whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, ‘You blaspheme,’ because I said, ‘I am Son of God’?</span> </p><p class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>If I do not do the works 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, even if you do not believe Me, believe the works, so that you may know and may understand that the Father <i>is</i> in Me, and I in the Father.” </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>Therefore they were seeking to seize Him again, but He went forth out of their hand. </p><p class="hdg">John's Testimony Confirmed</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/10-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>And He departed again beyond the Jordan, to the place where John was baptizing at first. 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