John 10
10:1Amen, amen, I say to you, The one not entering through the door into the courtyard of the sheep, but ascending from elsewhere, that one is a thief and robber.
10:2But the one entering through the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
10:3To this one the doorkeeper opens; and the sheep hear his voice; and his own sheep he calls by name, and leads them out.
10:4And whenever his own sheep should come forth, he goes in front of them, and the sheep follow him; for they know his voice.
10:5But a stranger in no way shall they follow, but they shall flee from him; for they do not know the stranger's voice.
10:6This proverb Jesus spoke to them; but those did not know what it was which he spoke to them.
10:7Jesus said then again to them, Amen, amen, I say to you that, I am the door of the sheep.
10:8All as many as came are thieves and robbers; but the sheep did not hear them.
10:9I am the door; through me if anyone should enter, he shall be delivered, and shall enter and shall go forth, and shall find pasture.
10:10The thief comes not, except that he should steal, and should sacrifice, and should destroy; I came that one should have life, and should have extra.
10:11I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd renders his life for the sheep.
10:12But the hireling (and not being the shepherd,) of which sheep are not his own, views the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep, and flees; and the wolf seizes them by force, and disperses the sheep.
10:13And the hireling flees, for he is a hireling, and there is no care to him concerning the sheep.
10:14I am the good shepherd, and I know the ones mine, and I am known by the ones of mine.
10:15As the father knows me, I also know the father; and my life I place for the sheep.
10:16And other sheep I have which are not of this yard; and those it is necessary for me to lead, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one flock, one shepherd.
10:17On account of this the father loves me, for I place my life, that again I should take it.
10:18No one takes it from me, but I place it of myself. I have authority to place it, and I have authority again to take it. This commandment I received from my father.
10:19Then a split again took place among the Jews on account of these words.
10:20And many of them said, He has a demon, and is maniacal; why listen to him?
10:21Others said, These sayings are not of one being demon-possessed. Is a demon able to open eyes of blind ones?
10:22And took place the holiday of rededication in Jerusalem, and it was winter.
10:23And Jesus was walking in the temple, in the stoa of Solomon.
10:24Then the Jews encircled him, and said to him, For how long do you carry our soul? If you are the Christ, tell us in an open manner!
10:25Jesus answered them, I told to you, and you believe not. The works which I do in the name of my father, these testify concerning me.
10:26But you believe not, for you are not of my sheep, as I said to you.
10:27My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
10:28And I give to them eternal life, and in no way shall they perish into the eon; and not shall any seize them by force from out of my hand.
10:29My father, who has given to me, is greater than of all; and no one is able to seize them by force from out of the hand of my father.
10:30I and the father -- we are one.
10:31Then again the Jews bore stones that they should stone him.
10:32Jesus responded to them, Many good works I showed to you from my father; for what work of them do you stone me?
10:33The Jews answered to him, saying, Concerning a good work we do not stone you; but concerning blasphemy, and that you, being a man, make yourself God.
10:34Jesus responded to them, Is it not written in your law, I said, You are gods?
10:35If those he said of gods, to whom the word of God came, (and the scripture is not able to be untied),
10:36the one whom the father sanctified and sent into the world, you say that, You blaspheme; for I said, I am the son of God?
10:37If I do not do the works of my father, do not believe me!
10:38But if I do, and if you should not believe me, believe the works; that you should know, and should believe, that the father is in me, and I in him!
10:39They sought then again to lay hold of him; and he went forth from out of their hand.
10:40And he went forth again on the other side of the Jordan, unto the place where John was first immersing; and he stayed there.
10:41And many came to him, and said that, John indeed did no sign; but all as much as John said concerning this one was true.
10:42And many believed there in him.