John 10

¹“Amen, amen, I say to you, he who does not enter through the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbs up by another way, he is a thief and a robber.

²But he who enters through the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

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

⁴And when he has sent out his sheep, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, because they know his voice.

⁵But they do not follow a stranger; instead they flee from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers.”

⁶Jesus spoke this proverb to them. But they did not understand what he was saying to them.

⁷Therefore, Jesus spoke to them again: “Amen, amen, I say to you, that I am the door of the sheep.

⁸All others, as many as have come, are thieves and robbers, and the sheep did not listen to them.

⁹I am the door. If anyone has entered through me, he will be saved. And he shall go in and go out, and he shall find pastures.

¹⁰The thief does not come, except so that he may steal and slaughter and destroy. I have come so that they may have life, and have it more abundantly.

¹¹I am the good Shepherd. The good Shepherd gives his life for his sheep.

¹²But the hired hand, and whoever is not a shepherd, to whom the sheep do not belong, he sees the wolf approaching, and he departs from the sheep and flees. And the wolf ravages and scatters the sheep.

¹³And the hired hand flees, because he is a hired hand and there is no concern for the sheep within him.

¹⁴I am the good Shepherd, and I know my own, and my own know me,

¹⁵just as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. And I lay down my life for my sheep.

¹⁶And I have other sheep that are not of this fold, and I must lead them. They shall hear my voice, and there shall be one sheepfold and one shepherd.

¹⁷For this reason, the Father loves me: because I lay down my life, so that I may take it up again.

¹⁸No one takes it away from me. Instead, I lay it down of my own accord. And I have the power to lay it down. And I have the power to take it up again. This is the commandment that I have received from my Father.”

¹⁹A dissension occurred again among the Jews because of these words.

²⁰Then many of them were saying: “He has a demon or he is insane. Why do you listen him?”

²¹Others were saying: “These are not the words of someone who has a demon. How would a demon be able to open the eyes of the blind?”

²²Now it was the Feast of the Dedication at Jerusalem, and it was winter.

²³And Jesus was walking in the temple, in the portico of Solomon.

²⁴And so the Jews surrounded him and said to him: “How long will you hold our souls in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.”

²⁵Jesus answered them: “I speak to you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in the name of my Father, these offer testimony about me.

²⁶But you do not believe, because you are not of my sheep.

²⁷My sheep hear my voice. And I know them, and they follow me.

²⁸And I give them eternal life, and they shall not perish, for eternity. And no one shall seize them from my hand.

²⁹What my Father gave to me is greater than all, and no one is able to seize from the hand of my Father.

³⁰I and the Father are one.”

³¹Therefore, the Jews took up stones, in order to stone him.

³²Jesus answered them: “I have shown you many good works from my Father. For which of those works do you stone me?”

³³The Jews answered him: “We do not stone you for a good work, but for blasphemy and because, though you are a man, you make yourself God.”

³⁴Jesus responded to them: “Is it not written in your law, ‘I said: you are gods?’

³⁵If he called those to whom the word of God was given gods, and Scripture cannot be broken,

³⁶why do you say, about him whom the Father has sanctified and sent into the world, ‘You have blasphemed,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God?’

³⁷If I do not do the works of my Father, do not believe in me.

³⁸But if I do them, even if you are not willing to believe in me, believe the works, so that you may know and believe that the Father is in me, and I am in the Father.”

³⁹Therefore, they sought to apprehend him, but he escaped from their hands.

⁴⁰And he went again across the Jordan, to that place where John first was baptizing. And he lodged there.

⁴¹And many went out to him. And they were saying: “Indeed, John accomplished no signs.

⁴²But all things whatsoever that John said about this man were true.” And many believed in him.

John 10

¹Amen, amen, I say to you: He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold but climbeth up another way, the same is a thief and a robber.

²But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

³To him the porter openeth: and the sheep hear his voice. And he calleth his own sheep by name and leadeth them out.

⁴And when he hath let out his own sheep, he goeth before them: and the sheep follow him, because they know his voice.

⁵But a stranger they follow not, but fly from him, because they know not the voice of strangers.

⁶This proverb Jesus spoke to them. But they understood not what he spoke.

⁷Jesus therefore said to them again: Amen, amen, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.

⁸All others, as many as have come, are thieves and robbers: and the sheep heard them not.

⁹I am the door. By me, if any man enter in, he shall be saved: and he shall go in and go out, and shall find pastures.

¹⁰The thief cometh not, but for to steal and to kill and to destroy. I am come that they may have life and may have it more abundantly.

¹¹I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd giveth his life for his sheep.

¹²But the hireling and he that is not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming and leaveth the sheep and flieth: and the wolf casteth and scattereth the sheep,

¹³And the hireling flieth, because he is a hireling: and he hath no care for the sheep.

¹⁴I am the good shepherd: and I know mine, and mine know me.

¹⁵As the Father knoweth me, and I know the Father: and I lay down my life for my sheep.

¹⁶And other sheep I have that 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.

¹⁷Therefore doth the Father love me: because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.

¹⁸No man taketh it away from me: but I lay it down of myself. And I have power to lay it down: and I have power to take it up again. This commandment have I received of my Father.

¹⁹A dissension rose again among the Jews for these words.

²⁰And many of them said: He hath a devil and is mad. Why hear you him?

²¹Others said: These are not the words of one that hath a devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind?

²²And it was the feast of the dedication at Jerusalem: and it was winter.

²³And Jesus walked in the temple, in Solomon's porch.

²⁴The Jews therefore came round about him and said to him: How long dost thou hold our souls in suspense? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly.

²⁵Jesus answered them: I speak to you, and you believe not: the works that I do in the name of my Father, they give testimony of me.

²⁶But you do not believe, because you are not of my sheep.

²⁷My sheep hear my voice. And I know them: and they follow me.

²⁸And I give them life everlasting: and they shall not perish for ever. And no man shall pluck them out of my hand.

²⁹That which my Father hath given me is greater than all: and no one can snatch them out of the hand of my Father.

³⁰I and the Father are one.

³¹The Jews then took up stones to stone him.

³²Jesus answered them: Many good works I have shewed you from my Father. For which of those works do you stone me?

³³The Jews answered him: For a good work we stone thee not, but for blasphemy: and because that thou. being a, man, makest thyself God.

³⁴Jesus answered them: Is it not written in your law: I said, you are gods?

³⁵If he called them gods to whom the word of God was spoken; and the scripture cannot be broken:

³⁶Do you say of him whom the Father hath sanctified and sent into the world: Thou blasphemest; because I said: I am the Son of God?

³⁷If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.

³⁸But if I do, though you will not believe me, believe the works: that you may know and believe that the Father is in me and I in the Father.

³⁹They sought therefore to take him: and he escaped out of their hands.

⁴⁰And he went again beyond the Jordan, into that place where John was baptizing first. And there he abode.

⁴¹And many resorted to him: and they said: John indeed did no sign.

⁴²But all things whatsoever John said of this man were true. And many believed n him.