| | Chapter 10
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1 | Verily,
verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold,
but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. |
2 | But he that entereth in by the door
is the shepherd of the sheep. |
3
| To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he
calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out. |
4 | And when he putteth forth his own sheep,
he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice. |
5 | And a stranger will they
not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of
strangers. |
6 | This parable
spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he
spake unto them. |
7 | Then
said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of
the sheep. |
8 | All that
ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear
them. |
9 | I am the door: by
me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find
pasture. |
10 | The thief
cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they
might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. |
11 | I am the good shepherd: the good
shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. |
12 | But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose
own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and
fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep. |
13 | The hireling fleeth, because he is an
hireling, and careth not for the sheep. |
14 | I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known
of mine. |
15 | As the
Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the
sheep. |
16 | And other
sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they
shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd. |
17 | Therefore doth my Father love
me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. |
18 | No man taketh it from me, but I lay it
down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again.
This commandment have I received of my Father. |
19 | There was a division therefore again among the Jews
for these sayings. |
20 |
And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him? |
21 | Others said, These are not the
words of him that hath a devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind? |
22 | And it was at Jerusalem
the feast of the dedication, and it was winter. |
23 | And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's
porch. |
24 | Then came the
Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou make us to doubt?
If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly. |
25 | Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not:
the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me. |
26 | But ye believe not, because ye are
not of my sheep, as I said unto you. |
27 | My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: |
28 | And I give unto them
eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out
of my hand. |
29 | My
Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck
them out of my Father's hand. |
30
| I and my Father are one. |
31 | Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him. |
32 | Jesus answered them, Many good
works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone
me? |
33 | The Jews answered
him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because
that thou, being a man, makest thyself God. |
34 | Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I
said, Ye are gods?
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35 | If
he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot
be broken; |
36 | Say ye of
him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou
blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God? |
37 | If I do not the works of my Father, believe me
not. |
38 | But if I do,
though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe,
that the Father is in me, and I in him. |
39 | Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped
out of their hand, |
40 |
And went away again beyond Jordan into the place where John at first baptized;
and there he abode. |
41 |
And many resorted unto him, and said, John did no miracle: but all things that
John spake of this man were true. |
42 | And many believed on him there. |
