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John 10:1

& "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbs up some other way, he is a thief and a robber.

John 10:2

& ~"But he who enters by the door is a shepherd of the sheep.

John 10:3

& ~"To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

John 10:4

& ~"When he puts forth all his own, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice.

John 10:5

& ~"A stranger they simply will not follow, but will flee from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers."

John 10:6

& This figure of speech Jesus spoke to them, but they did not understand what those things were which He had been saying to them.

John 10:7

& So Jesus said to them again, "Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.

John 10:8

& ~"All who came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them.

John 10:9

& ~"I am the door; if anyone enters through Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.

John 10:10

& ~"The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have {it} abundantly.

John 10:11

& "I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.

John 10:12

& ~"He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who is not the owner of the sheep, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters {them.}

John 10:13

& ~"{He flees} because he is a hired hand and is not concerned about the sheep.

John 10:14

& ~"I am the good shepherd, and I know My own and My own know Me,

John 10:15

& even as the Father knows Me and I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep.

John 10:16

& ~"I have other sheep, which are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will hear My voice; and they will become one flock {with} one shepherd.

John 10:17

& ~"For this reason the Father loves Me, because I lay down My life so that I may take it again.

John 10:18

& ~"No one has taken it away from Me, but I lay it down on My own initiative. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This commandment I received from My Father."

John 10:19

& A division occurred again among the Jews because of these words.

John 10:20

& Many of them were saying, "He has a demon and is insane. Why do you listen to Him?"

John 10:21

& Others were saying, "These are not the sayings of one demon-possessed. A demon cannot open the eyes of the blind, can he?"

John 10:22

& At that time the Feast of the Dedication took place at Jerusalem;

John 10:23

& it was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple in the portico of Solomon.

John 10:24

& The Jews then gathered around Him, and were saying to Him, "How long will You keep us in suspense? If You are the Christ, tell us plainly."

John 10:25

& Jesus answered them, "I told you, and you do not believe; the works that I do in My Father's name, these testify of Me.

John 10:26

& ~"But you do not believe because you are not of My sheep.

John 10:27

& ~"My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me;

John 10:28

& and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand.

John 10:29

& ~"(One early ms reads {What My Father has given Me is greater than all}) My Father, who has given {them} to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch {them} out of the Father's hand.

John 10:30

& ~"I and the Father are one."

John 10:31

& The Jews picked up stones again to stone Him.

John 10:32

& Jesus answered them, "I showed you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you stoning Me?"

John 10:33

& The Jews answered Him, "For a good work we do not stone You, but for blasphemy; and because You, being a man, make Yourself out {to be} God."

John 10:34

& Jesus answered them, "Has it not been written in your Law, `I SAID, YOU ARE GODS'?

John 10:35

& ~"If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture cannot be broken),

John 10:36

& do you say of Him, whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, `You are blaspheming,' because I said, `I am the Son of God'?

John 10:37

& ~"If I do not do the works of My Father, do not believe Me;

John 10:38

& but if I do them, though you do not believe Me, believe the works, so that you may know and understand that the Father is in Me, and I in the Father."

John 10:39

& Therefore they were seeking again to seize Him, and He eluded their grasp.

John 10:40

& And He went away again beyond the Jordan to the place where John was first baptizing, and He was staying there.