New Testament · Gospels and Acts

John chapter 10

“I’m telling you — anyone who doesn’t come into the through the gate but climbs in some other way is a and a .”“But the one who comes in through the gate — that’s the real of the sheep.”“The opens the gate for him, and the sheep . He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.”“When he’s brought all his own sheep out, he , and the sheep follow him because they know his voice.”“They won’t follow a — in fact, they’ll run from him because they don’t recognize the stranger’s voice.”Jesus told them this , but they had no idea what he was talking about.So Jesus said again, “I’m telling you the straight truth — for the sheep.”“Everyone who was a thief and a bandit, but the sheep didn’t listen to them.”“. Anyone who comes in through me — they’ll go in and out freely and .”“The thief only comes to . I came so they can have life — an overflowing, .”“. The good shepherd for the sheep.”“The isn’t really a shepherd — the sheep don’t belong to him. So when he sees a coming, he abandons the sheep and runs. Then the wolf attacks and scatters the flock.”“He runs because he’s just — he doesn’t actually care about the sheep.”“. I my own sheep, and my own sheep know me —““— just like . And I lay down my life for the sheep.”“I have that aren’t in yet. I need to bring them in too. They’ll hear my voice, and there will be .”“This is why the Father me — because I lay down my life so that I can .”“No one takes my life from me — I lay it down on my own. I have the to lay it down, and I have the authority to take it back. This is the my Father gave me.”These words caused another among the .Many of them were saying, “He has a — he’s ! Why are you even listening to him?”But others said, “These aren’t the words of someone with a demon. Can a demon ?”Then came the in Jerusalem. It was winter,and Jesus was walking in the Temple, in .The Jewish leaders surrounded him and demanded, “How long are you going to ? If you’re , just say it plainly.”Jesus answered them, “I already told you, and you don’t believe me. The things I do — those speak for themselves.”“But you don’t believe because you’re not my sheep.”“My sheep my voice. I know them, and they follow me.”“I give them , and they will . No one can .”“My Father, who has given them to me, is . No one can rip them out of the Father’s hand.”“.”The Jewish leaders again to execute him.Jesus responded, “I’ve shown you many from the Father. Which one of those are you going to stone me for?”The Jewish leaders answered, “We’re not stoning you for a beautiful work — we’re stoning you for ! You’re just a man, and you’re .”Jesus answered them, “Isn’t it written in , ‘I said you are ’?”“If he called them ‘gods’ — the people who received God’s word — and ,”“— then what about the one the Father and ? How can you say I’m blaspheming just because I said, ‘I am ’?”“If I’m not doing my Father’s work, then don’t believe me.”“But if I am doing it — even if you don’t believe me personally — . Then you’ll understand and know that .”They tried to arrest him again, but he .He went back to the place where John had first been people, and he stayed there.Many people came to him there and kept saying, “John never performed any , but everything John said about this man turned out to be true.”And many people in that place .