John 10

10"I tell you the truth, the man who does not enter the sheep pen by the gate, but climbs in by some other way, is a thief and a robber.G281G281G3004G5213G1525G3361G1223G2374G1519G4263G833G235G305G237G1565G2076G2812G2532G30272The man who enters by the gate is the shepherd of his sheep.G1161G1525G1223G2374G2076G4166G42633The watchman opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.G5129G2377G455G2532G4263G191G846G5456G2532G2564G2398G4263G2596G3686G2532G1806G846G18064When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice.G2532G3752G1544G2398G4263G4198G1715G846G2532G4263G190G846G3754G1492G846G54565But they will never follow a stranger; in fact, they will run away from him because they do not recognize a stranger's voice."G1161G245G190G3364G190G235G5343G575G846G3754G1492G3756G5456G2456Jesus used this figure of speech, but they did not understand what he was telling them.G5026G3942G2036G2424G846G1161G1565G1097G3756G5101G2258G3739G2980G8467Therefore Jesus said again, "I tell you the truth, I am the gate for the sheep.G3767G2036G2424G846G3825G281G281G3004G5213G3754G1473G1510G2374G42638All who ever came before me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.G3956G3745G2064G4253G1700G1526G2812G2532G3027G235G4263G191G3756G191G8469I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. He will come in and go out, and find pasture.G1473G1510G2374G1223G1700G1437G5100G1525G4982G2532G1525G2532G1831G2532G2147G354210The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.G2812G2064G3756G1508G2443G2813G2532G2380G2532G622G1473G2064G2443G2192G2222G2532G2192G405311"I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.G1473G1510G2570G4166G2570G4166G5087G846G5590G5228G426312The hired hand is not the shepherd who owns the sheep. So when he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters it.G1161G5607G3411G2532G3756G4166G3739G2398G4263G1526G3756G2334G3074G2064G2532G863G4263G2532G5343G2532G3074G726G846G2532G4650G426313The man runs away because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep.G1161G3411G5343G3754G2076G3411G2532G846G3199G3756G4012G426314"I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me--G1473G1510G2570G4166G2532G1097G1699G2532G1097G5259G169915just as the Father knows me and I know the Father--and I lay down my life for the sheep.G2531G3962G1097G3165G2504G1097G2504G3962G2532G5087G3450G5590G5228G426316I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd.G2532G243G4263G2192G3739G2076G3756G1537G5026G833G2548G3165G1163G71G2532G191G3450G5456G2532G1096G3391G4167G1520G416617The reason my Father loves me is that I lay down my life--only to take it up again.G5124G1223G25G3962G25G3165G3754G1473G5087G3450G5590G2443G2983G846G382518No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This command I received from my Father."G3762G142G846G575G1700G235G1473G5087G846G5087G575G1683G2192G1849G5087G846G5087G2532G2192G1849G2983G846G3825G5026G1785G2983G3844G3450G396219At these words the Jews were again divided.G1096G4978G3767G3825G1722G2453G1223G5128G305620Many of them said, "He is demon-possessed and raving mad. Why listen to him?"G1161G4183G1537G846G3004G2192G1140G2532G3105G5101G191G84621But others said, "These are not the sayings of a man possessed by a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?"G243G3004G5023G2076G3756G4487G1139G3361G1410G1140G455G3788G518522Then came the Feast of Dedication at Jerusalem. It was winter,G1161G1096G1722G2414G1456G2532G2258G549423and Jesus was in the temple area walking in Solomon's Colonnade.G2532G2424G4043G1722G2411G1722G4672G474524The Jews gathered around him, saying, "How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly."G3767G2944G2453G2944G846G2532G3004G846G2193G4219G142G2257G5590G1487G4771G1488G5547G2036G2254G395425Jesus answered, "I did tell you, but you do not believe. The miracles I do in my Father's name speak for me,G2424G611G846G2036G5213G2532G4100G3756G2041G3739G1473G4160G1722G3450G3962G3686G5023G3140G4012G170026but you do not believe because you are not my sheep.G235G5210G4100G3756G1063G2075G3756G1537G1699G4263G2531G2036G521327My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.G1699G4263G191G3450G5456G2504G1097G846G2532G190G342728I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand.G2504G1325G846G166G2222G2532G622G3364G1519G165G622G2532G3756G726G5100G726G846G1537G3450G549529My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father's hand.G3450G3962G3739G1325G3427G2076G3187G3956G2532G3762G1410G726G1537G3450G3962G549530I and the Father are one."G1473G2532G3962G2070G152031Again the Jews picked up stones to stone him,G3767G2453G941G3037G3825G2443G3034G84632but Jesus said to them, "I have shown you many great miracles from the Father. For which of these do you stone me?"G2424G611G846G4183G2570G2041G1166G5213G1537G3450G3962G1223G4169G846G2041G3034G316533"We are not stoning you for any of these," replied the Jews, "but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, claim to be God."G2453G611G846G3004G4012G2570G2041G3034G4571G3756G235G4012G988G2532G3754G4771G5607G444G4160G4572G231634Jesus answered them, "Is it not written in your Law, 'I have said you are gods'?G2424G611G846G2076G3756G1125G1722G5216G3551G1473G2036G2075G231635If he called them 'gods,' to whom the word of God came--and the Scripture cannot be broken--G1487G2036G1565G2316G4314G3739G3056G2316G1096G2532G1124G3756G1410G308936what about the one whom the Father set apart as his very own and sent into the world? Why then do you accuse me of blasphemy because I said, 'I am God's Son'?G3004G5210G3739G3962G37G2532G649G1519G2889G3754G987G3754G2036G1510G5207G231637Do not believe me unless I do what my Father does.G1487G4160G3756G2041G3450G3962G4100G3427G336138But if I do it, even though you do not believe me, believe the miracles, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me, and I in the Father."G1161G1487G4160G2579G4100G3361G1698G4100G2041G2443G1097G2532G4100G3754G3962G1722G1698G2504G1722G84639Again they tried to seize him, but he escaped their grasp.G3767G2212G3825G4084G846G2532G1831G1537G846G549540Then Jesus went back across the Jordan to the place where John had been baptizing in the early days. Here he stayedG2532G565G3825G4008G2446G1519G5117G3699G2491G4412G907G2258G2532G1563G330641and many people came to him. They said, "Though John never performed a miraculous sign, all that John said about this man was true."G2532G4183G2064G4314G846G2532G3004G3754G2491G4160G3303G3762G4592G1161G3956G3745G2491G2036G4012G5127G2258G22742And in that place many believed in Jesus.G2532G4183G4100G1519G846G1563