Anderson - John - 10

10:1  Verily, verily I say to you, he that goes not through the door into the sheepfold, but climbs up some other way, he is a thief, and a robber.

10:2  But he that enters through the door, is the shepherd of the sheep.

10:3  To him the door-keeper opens; and the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out.

10:4  And when he puts his own sheep out, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him; for they know his voice.

10:5  And a stranger they will not follow, but will flee from him; for they know not the voice of strangers.

10:6  This parable spoke Jesus to them; but they knew not the meaning of the things which he spoke to them.

10:7  Therefore Jesus spoke again to them: Verily, verily I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.

10:8  All that came before me were thieves and robbers; but the sheep did not hear them.

10:9  I am the door: if any one enters through me, he shall be saved; and he shall go in and out, and find pasture.

10:10  The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it in abundance.

10:11  I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

10:12  But he that is a hireling, and not the shepherd, to whom the sheep do not belong, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep, and flees; and the wolf catches the sheep, and scatters them.

10:13  The hireling flees because he is a hireling, and cares not for the sheep.

10:14  I am the good shepherd, and I know my sheep, and am known by mine.

10:15  As the Father knows me, I also know the Father, and I lay down my life for the sheep.

10:16  And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold; those, also, must I bring, and they will hear my voice: and there shall be one flock, one shepherd.

10:17  For this reason, my Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it again.

10:18  No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it again. This commandment I have received from my Father.

10:19  Again, therefore, there was a division among the Jews, on account of these words.

10:20  And many of them said: He has a demon, and is mad; why do you hear him?

10:21  Others said: These are not the words of one that has a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?

10:22  And the feast of the dedication was celebrated in Jerusalem, and it was winter:

10:23  and Jesus was walking in the temple, in Solomon’s porch.

10:24  Then the Jews came round him, and said to him: How long do you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.

10:25  Jesus answered them: I have told you, and you do not believe. The works which I do in my Father’s name, these testify of me.

10:26  But you believe not, because you are not of my sheep. As I said to you,

10:27  my sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:

10:28  and I give them eternal life; and they shall never perish, and no one shall take them out of my hand.

10:29  My Father, who gave them to me, is greater than all; and no one is able to take them out of my Father’s hand.

10:30  I and my Father are one.

10:31  Then the Jews took up stones again, to stone him.

10:32  Jesus answered them: Many good works have I showed you from my Father: for which of these works do you stone me?

10:33  The Jews answered and said to him: We do not stone you for a good work, but for your impious words; and because you, being man, make yourself God.

10:34  Jesus answered them: Is it not written in your law, I said, you are gods?

10:35  If he called them gods, to whom the word of God was committed, (and the scripture can not be made void,)

10:36  do you say of him, whom the Father has sanctified, and sent into the world, You speak impiously, because I said, I am the Son of God?

10:37  If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not;

10:38  but if I do, though you believe not me, believe the works, that you may know and believe that the Father is in me, and I in him.

10:39  Then they sought again to take him, but he escaped from their hands.

10:40  And he went away again beyond the Jordan, to the place where John first immersed, and there he abode.

10:41  And many came to him, and said: John did no sign; but all things that John said of this man were true.

10:42  And many who were there believed on him.