John 10:22–42

Jesus at the Festival of Dedication

²²Then the Festival of Dedication ^ltook place in Jerusalem, and it was winter. ²³Jesus was walking in the temple complex in Solomon’s Colonnade. ^mn24Then the Jews surrounded Him and asked, “How long are You going to keep us in suspense? ^oIf You are the Messiah, ^ptell us plainly.” ^qr

²⁵“I did tell you and you don’t believe,” Jesus answered them. “The works ^sthat I do in My Father’s name testify about Me. ²⁶But you don’t believe because you are not My sheep. ^tu27My sheep hear My voice, I know them, and they follow Me. ²⁸I give them eternal life, ^vand they will never perish ^w—ever! No one will snatch ^xthem out of My hand. ²⁹My Father, ^ywho has given them to Me, is greater than all. No one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand. ³⁰The Father and I are one.” ^za

Renewed Efforts to Stone Jesus

³¹Again the Jews picked up rocks to stone Him. ^b

³²Jesus replied, “I have shown you many good works ^cfrom the Father. Which of these works are you stoning Me for?”

³³“We aren’t stoning ^dYou for a good work,” the Jews answered, “but for blasphemy, because You—being a man—make Yourself God.”

³⁴Jesus answered them, “Isn’t it written in your scripture, ^eI said, you are gods? ^fg35If He called those whom the word ^hof God came to ‘gods’—and the Scripture ⁱcannot be broken— ³⁶do you say, ‘You are blaspheming’ to the One the Father set apart and sent into the world, because I said: I am the Son of God? ^j37If I am not doing My Father’s works, ^kdon’t believe Me. ³⁸But if I am doing them and you don’t believe Me, believe the works. This way you will know and understand ^lthat the Father is in Me and I in the Father.” ^m39Then they were trying again to seize Him, ⁿyet He eluded their grasp. ^o

Many beyond the Jordan Believe in Jesus

⁴⁰So He departed again across the Jordan ^pto the place where John ^qhad been baptizing earlier, and He remained there. ⁴¹Many came to Him ^rand said, “John never did a sign, but everything John said about this man was true.” ⁴²And many believed in Him there.