EMTV - John - 10

10:1  "Most assuredly I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold through the door, but climbs up some other way, he is a thief and a robber.

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

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

10:4  And whenever he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, because they know his voice.

10:5  But they will by no means follow a stranger, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers."

10:6  This illustration Jesus spoke to them, but they did not understand the things which He spoke to them.

10:7  Then Jesus said to them again, "Most assuredly I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.

10:8  All who came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them.

10:9  I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and go out, and will find pasture.

10:10  The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.

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

10:12  But a hired hand, he who is not the shepherd, one who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf catches the sheep and scatters them.

10:13  But the hired hand flees because he is a hired hand, and is not concerned about the sheep.

10:14  I am the good shepherd; and I know My own, and I am known by My own.

10:15  Just 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 I must bring, and they will hear My voice; and there shall be one flock and one shepherd.

10:17  For this reason My Father loves Me, because I lay down My life that I may take it up 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 up again. This command I have received from My Father."

10:19  Therefore there was a division again among the Jews because of these words.

10:20  And many of them said, "He has a demon and is raving mad. Why do you listen to Him?"

10:21  Others said, "These are not the words of one being demon-possessed. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?"

10:22  Now it was the Feast of Dedication in Jerusalem, and it was winter.

10:23  And Jesus was walking in the temple, in Solomon's porch.

10:24  Then the Jews encircled Him and said to Him, "How long will You keep us in suspense? If You are the Christ, tell us plainly."

10:25  Jesus answered them, "I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in My Father's name, these things testify about Me.

10:26  But you do not believe, because you are not of My sheep, just 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 to them eternal life, and they shall never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand.

10:29  My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father's hand.

10:30  I and the Father are one."

10:31  Therefore the Jews took up stones again to stone Him.

10:32  Jesus answered them, "Many good works I have shown you from My Father. For which of those works do you stone Me?"

10:33  The Jews answered Him, saying, "For a good work we do not stone You, but for blasphemy, and because You, being a 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 those gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture cannot be broken),

10:36  do you say of Him whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, 'You are blaspheming,' because I said, 'I am the Son of God'?

10:37  If I am not doing the works of My Father, do not believe Me;

10:38  but if I am doing them, even if you do not believe Me, believe the works, so that you may know and believe that the Father is in Me, and I in Him."

10:39  Therefore they were seeking again to seize Him, but He escaped from their hand.

10:40  And He went away again beyond the Jordan to the place where John was first baptizing, and He stayed there.

10:41  And many came to Him and said, "John indeed performed no sign, but everything which John said about this Man was true."

10:42  And many believed in Him there.