10:1 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by 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 in 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 sheep by name, and leadeth them out.
10:4 And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before
them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.
10:5 And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him:
for they know not the voice of strangers.
10:6 This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not
what things they were which he spake unto them.
10:7 Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto
you, I am the door of the sheep.
10:8 All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but
the sheep did not hear 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 for to steal, and to kill, and
to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they
might have [it] more abundantly.
10:11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life
for the sheep.
10:12 But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose
own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the
sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth
the sheep.
10:13 The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth
not for the sheep.
10:14 I am the good shepherd, and know my [sheep], and am known
of mine.
10:15 As the Father knoweth me, even 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: them
also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall
be one fold, [and] one shepherd.
10:17 Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my
life, that I might 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 have I received of my Father.
10:19 There was a division therefore again among the Jews for
these sayings.
10:20 And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why
hear ye him?
10:21 Others said, These are not the words of him that hath a
devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind?
10:22 And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and
it was winter.
10:23 And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch.
10:24 Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How
long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us
plainly.
10:25 Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the
works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.
10:26 But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I
said unto you.
10:27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow
me:
10:28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never
perish, neither shall any [man] pluck them out of my hand.
10:29 My Father, which gave [them] me, is greater than all; and
no [man] is able to pluck [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 shewed you
from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?
10:33 The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone
thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being 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, unto whom the word of God came,
and the scripture cannot be broken;
10:36 Say ye 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 Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped
out of their hand,
10:40 And went away again beyond Jordan into the place where
John at first baptized; and there he abode.
10:41 And many resorted unto him, and said, John did no miracle:
but all things that John spake of this man were true.
10:42 And many believed on him there.
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