John 10

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a ^arobber. ²But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. ³To him ^bthe porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out. ⁴And when he ^cputteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice. ⁵And ^da stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers. ⁶This ^eparable spake Jesus unto them: ^fbut they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.

⁷Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep. ⁸All that ever came before me are thieves and ^arobbers: but the sheep did not hear them. ⁹I am ^gthe door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and ^hshall go in and out, and ⁱfind pasture. ¹⁰The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. ¹¹I am ^kthe good shepherd: the good shepherd ^lgiveth his life for the sheep. ¹²But he that is a ^mhireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth ⁿthe wolf coming, and ^oleaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and ^pscattereth the sheep. ¹³The hireling fleeth, because he is a hireling, and ^qcareth not for the sheep. ¹⁴I am the good shepherd, and ^rknow my sheep, and am known of mine. ^15sAs the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and ^tI lay down my life for the sheep. ¹⁶And ^uother sheep I have, which are not of this ^wfold: ^ythem also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; ^yand there shall be one ^zfold, and ^aone shepherd. ^17bTherefore doth my Father love me, ^cbecause ^tI lay down my life, that I might take it again. ¹⁸No man taketh it from me, but ^tdI lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and ^eI have power to take it again. This ^fcommandment have I received of my Father. ¹⁹There was ^ga division therefore again among ^hthe Jews for these sayings. ²⁰And many of them said, ⁱHe hath a devil, and ^jis mad; why hear ye him? ²¹Others said, These are not the words of him ^kthat hath a devil. ^lCan a devil ^mopen the eyes of the blind?

²²And it was at Jerusalem the feast of ⁿthe dedication, and it was ^owinter. ²³And Jesus walked in the temple ^pin Solomon’s porch. ²⁴Then came ^hthe Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly. ²⁵Jesus answered them, ^qI told you, and ye believe not: ^rthe works that I do in my Father’s name, they bear witness of me. ²⁶But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, ^stas I said unto you. ^27tMy sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: ²⁸and I give unto them eternal life; and ^uthey shall never perish, ^wneither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. ^29xMy Father, ^ywhich gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand. ^30zI and my Father are one. ³¹Then ^hthe Jews ^atook up stones again to stone him. ³²Jesus answered them, Many ^bgood works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me? ^33hThe Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for ^cblasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, ^dmakest thyself God. ³⁴Jesus answered them, Is it not written in ^eyour law, ^fI said, Ye are ^ggods? ³⁵If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken; ³⁶say ye of him, whom the Father ^hhath sanctified, and ⁱsent into the world, ^kThou blasphemest; ^lbecause I said, I am ^mthe Son of God? ³⁷ⁿIf I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. ³⁸But if I do, ^othough ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that ^pthe Father is in me, and I in him. ³⁹Therefore ^qthey sought again to take him: ^rbut he escaped out of their hand, ⁴⁰and went away again ^sbeyond Jordan into the place ^twhere John at first baptized; and there he abode. ⁴¹And many resorted unto him, and said, ^uJohn did no miracle: but ^xall things that John spake of this man were true. ⁴²And ^ymany believed on him there.

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