John 10:22–42

The Jews Do Not Believe

²²Then came the Feast of Hanukkah at Jerusalem. It was winter. ²³Jesus was in the temple area walking in Solomon’s Porch. ²⁴The Jews gathered around him. They said, “How long will you keep us waiting? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.”

²⁵Jesus answered, “I did tell you. But you do not believe. The kinds of things I do in my Father’s name speak for me. ²⁶But you do not believe, because you are not my sheep.

²⁷“My sheep listen to my voice. I know them, and they follow me. ²⁸I give them eternal life, and they will never die. No one can steal them out of my hand. ²⁹My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than anyone. No one can steal them out of my Father’s hand. ³⁰I and the Father are one.”

³¹Again the Jews picked up stones to kill him.

³²But Jesus said to them, “I have shown you many miracles from the Father. Which one of these are you throwing stones at me for?”

³³“We are not throwing stones at you for any of these,” replied the Jews. “We are stoning you for saying a very evil thing. You are only a man. But you claim to be God.”

³⁴Jesus answered them, “Didn’t God say in your Law, ‘I have said you are gods’? ³⁵We know that Scripture is always true. God spoke to some people and called them ‘gods.’ ³⁶If that is true, what about the One the Father set apart as his very own and sent into the world? Why do you charge me with saying a very evil thing? Is it because I said, ‘I am God’s Son’?

³⁷“Don’t believe me unless I do what my Father does. ³⁸But what if I do it? Even if you don’t believe me, believe the miracles. Then you will know and understand that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.”

³⁹Again they tried to arrest him. But he escaped from them.

⁴⁰Then Jesus went back across the Jordan River. He went to the place where John had been baptizing in the early days. There he stayed. ⁴¹Many people came to him. They said, “John never did a miraculous sign. But everything he said about this man was true.” ⁴²And in that place many believed in Jesus.