Haweis - John - 10

10:1  VERILY, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheep-fold, but getteth in some other way, that person is a thief and a robber.

10:2  He that entereth by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

10:3  To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own peculiar sheep by name, and leadeth them forth.

10:4  And when he bringeth out his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: because they know his voice.

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

10:6  This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they knew nothing of the things which he spake to them.

10:7  Therefore Jesus said unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that I am the door of the sheep.

10:8  All, as many as have gone before me, are thieves and robbers: but the sheep hearkened not to them.

10:9  I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved; and shall go in and out, and find pasture.

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

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

10:12  But the hireling, and he that is not the shepherd, whose own property the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth; and the wolf seizes upon them, and disperseth the sheep.

10:13  Now the hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.

10:14  I am the good shepherd, and know my own sheep, and am known of my own.

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

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

10:17  Therefore doth the Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.

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

10:19  There was therefore a division again among the Jews, on account of these sayings.

10:20  Then many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hearken to him?

10:21  Others said, These are not the discourses of a demoniac. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind?

10:22  Then was the feast of dedication at Jerusalem, and it was winter.

10:23  And Jesus was walking in the temple, in Solomon’s portico.

10:24  Then the Jews came about him, and said to him, How long dost thou keep our soul in suspense? If thou art the Messiah, tell us plainly.

10:25  Jesus answered them; I told you, and ye believed not: the works which I do in the name of my Father, they bear witness of me.

10:26  But ye believe not, for ye are not of my sheep, as I told you.

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

10:28  and I give unto them everlasting life and they shall never perish to eternity, and no person shall pluck them out of my hand.

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

10:30  I and my Father are one.

10:31  Then the Jews again brought stones, in order to stone him.

10:32  Jesus said unto them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which work of these are ye going to stone me?

10:33  The Jews answered him, For a good work we do not stone thee; but for blasphemy; and that thou, being merely a man, makest thyself God.

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

10:35  If he called those gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;

10:36  do ye say of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest 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 ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.

10:39  Then sought they again to apprehend him and he departed out of their reach,

10:40  and went again beyond Jordan, unto the place where John at first baptised; and there he abode.

10:41  And many came to him, and said, That John indeed performed no miracle: but all things whatsoever John spake of this man were true.

10:42  And many believed on him there.