Noyes - John - 10

10:1  Truly, truly do I say to you, He that entereth not through the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber;

10:2  but he that entereth through the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

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

10:4  When he hath put forth all his own, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him, because they know his voice.

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

10:6  This parable Jesus spoke to them; but they did not understand what the things were which he spoke to them.

10:7  Jesus therefore said, Truly, truly do I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.

10:8  All those who came are thieves and robbers; but the sheep did not hear them.

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

10:10  The thief cometh not but to steal, and to kill, and to destroy; I came that they might have life, and have abundance.

10:11  I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.

10:12  He that is a hireling and not a shepherd, nor the owner of the sheep, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth; and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep;

10:13  because he is a hireling, and careth not for the sheep.

10:14  I am the good shepherd, and I know my sheep, and they know me,

10:15  even as the Father knoweth me, and I know the Father; and I give my life for the sheep.

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

10:17  On this account the Father loveth me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.

10:18  No one taketh 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 charge I received from my Father.

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

10:20  Many of them said, He hath a demon, and is mad; why do ye hear him?

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

10:22  And the feast of the dedication came at Jerusalem. It was winter;

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

10:24  Then came the Jews around him, and said to him, How long dost thou hold our minds in suspense? If thou art the Christ, tell us plainly.

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

10:26  But ye do not believe, because ye 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 everlasting life; and they shall never perish, nor shall any one tear them out of my hand.

10:29  That which my Father hath given me is greater than all; and no one is able to tear [them] out of the Father’s hand.

10:30  I and the Father are one.

10:31  The Jews again took up stones to stone him.

10:32  Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shown you from the Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?

10:33  The Jews answered him, Not for a good work do we stone thee, but for blasphemy, and because thou, who art 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 them gods, to whom the word of God came, and the Scripture cannot be made void,

10:36  say ye of him whom the Father 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 them, though ye believe not me, believe the works; that ye may learn and know that the Father is in me, and I in the Father.

10:39  They sought therefore to seize him; and he went forth out of their hands.

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

10:41  And many came to him, and said, John indeed wrought no sign; but everything that John said of this man was true.

10:42  And many believed in him there.