John 9:35–10:21

Jesus Affirms His Deity

³⁵Jesus heard that they had ^aput him out, and finding him, He said, “Do you believe in the ^bSon of Man?”

³⁶He answered, “^aWho is He, ¹Lord, that I may believe in Him?”

³⁷Jesus said to him, “You have both seen Him, and ^aHe is the one who is talking with you.”

³⁸And he said, “Lord, I believe.” And he ^aworshiped Him.

³⁹And Jesus said, “^aFor judgment I came into this world, so that ^bthose who do not see may see, and that ^cthose who see may become blind.”

⁴⁰Those of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these things and said to Him, “^aWe are not blind too, are we?”

⁴¹Jesus said to them, “^aIf you were blind, you would have no sin; but ¹since you say, ‘^bWe see,’ your sin remains.

Chapter 10

Parable of the Good Shepherd

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 ^aa thief and a robber.

²“But he who enters by the door is ^aa shepherd of the sheep.

³“To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear ^ahis voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and ^bleads them out.

⁴“When he puts forth all his own, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they know ^ahis voice.

⁵“A stranger they simply will not follow, but will flee from him, because they do not know ^athe voice of strangers.”

⁶This ^afigure of speech Jesus spoke to them, but they did not understand what those things were which He had been saying to them.

⁷So Jesus said to them again, “Truly, truly, I say to you, I am ^athe door of the sheep.

⁸“All who came before Me are ^athieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them.

⁹“^aI am the door; if anyone enters through Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.

¹⁰“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they ^amay have life, and ¹have it abundantly.

¹¹“^aI am the good shepherd; the good shepherd ^blays down His life for the sheep.

¹²“He who is a hired hand, and not a ^ashepherd, 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.

¹³“He flees because he is a hired hand and is not concerned about the sheep.

¹⁴“^aI am the good shepherd, and ^bI know My own and My own know Me,

¹⁵even as ^athe Father knows Me and I know the Father; and ^bI lay down My life for the sheep.

¹⁶“I have ^aother sheep, which are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will hear My voice; and they will become ^bone flock with ^cone shepherd.

¹⁷“For this reason the Father loves Me, because I ^alay down My life so that I may take it again.

¹⁸“^aNo one has taken it away from Me, but I ^blay it down on My own initiative. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. ^cThis commandment I received from My Father.”

^19aA division occurred again among the Jews because of these words.

²⁰Many of them were saying, “He ^ahas a demon and ^bis insane. Why do you listen to Him?”

²¹Others were saying, “These are not the sayings of one ^ademon-possessed. ^bA demon cannot open the eyes of the blind, can he?”