John 10:22–42

The Opposition at the Feast of Dedication in Jerusalem

²²Now it was the Feast of Dedication in Jerusalem, and it was winter. ²³And Jesus walked in the temple, ^tin Solomon’s porch. ²⁴Then the Jews surrounded Him and said to Him, “How long do You keep us in ⁴doubt? If You are the Christ, tell us plainly.”

²⁵Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe. ^uThe works that I do in My Father’s name, they ^vbear witness of Me. ²⁶But ^wyou do not believe, because you are not of My sheep, ⁵as I said to you. ^27xMy sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. ²⁸And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand. ^29yMy Father, ^zwho has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father’s hand. ^30aI and My Father are one.”

³¹Then ^bthe Jews took up stones again to stone Him. ³²Jesus answered them, “Many good works I have shown you from My Father. For which of those works do you stone Me?”

³³The Jews answered Him, saying, “For a good work we do not stone You, but for ^cblasphemy, and because You, being a Man, ^dmake Yourself God.”

³⁴Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your law, ^e‘I said, “You are gods” ’? ³⁵If He called them gods, ^fto whom the word of God came (and the Scripture ^gcannot be broken), ³⁶do you say of Him ^hwhom the Father sanctified and ⁱsent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ ^jbecause I said, ‘I am ^kthe Son of God’? ^37lIf I do not do the works of My Father, do not believe Me; ³⁸but if I do, though you do not believe Me, ^mbelieve the works, that you may know and ⁶believe ⁿthat the Father is in Me, and I in Him.” ^39oTherefore they sought again to seize Him, but He escaped out of their hand.

⁴⁰And He went away again beyond the Jordan to the place ^pwhere John was baptizing at first, and there He stayed. ⁴¹Then many came to Him and said, “John performed no sign, ^qbut all the things that John spoke about this Man were true.” ⁴²And many believed in Him there.