John 10:3–42

³To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own sheep by ^aname and leads them out. ⁴And when he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. ⁵Yet they will by no means follow a ^bstranger, but will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.” ⁶Jesus used this illustration, but they did not understand the things which He spoke to them.

⁷Then Jesus said to them again, “Most assuredly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. ⁸All who ever came ¹before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them. ^9cI am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. ¹⁰The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.

^11d“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep. ¹²But a ²hireling, he who is not the shepherd, one who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and ^eleaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf catches the sheep and scatters them. ¹³The hireling flees because he is a hireling and does not care about the sheep. ¹⁴I am the good shepherd; and ^fI know My sheep, and ^gam known by My own. ^15hAs the Father knows Me, even so I know the Father; ⁱand I lay down My life for the sheep. ¹⁶And ^jother sheep I have which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they will hear My voice; ^kand there will be one flock and one shepherd.

¹⁷“Therefore My Father ^lloves Me, ^mbecause I lay down My life that I may take it again. ¹⁸No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I ⁿhave power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. ^oThis command I have received from My Father.”

¹⁹Therefore ^pthere was a division again among the Jews because of these sayings. ²⁰And many of them said, ^q“He has a demon and is ³mad. Why do you listen to Him?”

²¹Others said, “These are not the words of one who has a demon. ^rCan a demon ^sopen the eyes of the blind?”

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.