1 “Truly, I tell all of you a10:1 The Gk. pronoun you is pl. emphatically, the person who doesn’t enter the sheepfold through the gate, but climbs in by some other way, is a thief and a bandit. ISV — John 10:1
2 The one who enters through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. ISV — John 10:2
3 It’s to him the gatekeeper opens the gate, and it’s his voice the sheep hear. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. ISV — John 10:3
4 When he has driven out all his own, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they recognize his voice. ISV — John 10:4
5 They’ll never follow a stranger, but will run away from him because they don’t recognize the voice of strangers.” ISV — John 10:5
6 Jesus used this illustration with them, but they didn’t understand what he was saying to them. ISV — John 10:6
7 So again Jesus said, “Truly, I tell all of you b10:7 The Gk. pronoun you is pl. emphatically, I’m the gate for the sheep. ISV — John 10:7
8 All who came before me c10:8 Other mss. lack before me are thieves and bandits, but the sheep didn’t listen to them. ISV — John 10:8
9 I’m the gate. If anyone enters through me, he will be saved. He’ll come in and go out and find pasture. ISV — John 10:9
10 The thief comes only to steal, slaughter, and destroy. I’ve come that they may have life, and have it abundantly. ISV — John 10:10
11 “I’m the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down d10:11 Other mss. read gives his life for the sheep. ISV — John 10:11
12 The hired worker, who isn’t the shepherd and doesn’t own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, deserts the sheep, and runs away. So the wolf snatches them and scatters them, ISV — John 10:12
13 because he’s a hired worker, and the sheep don’t matter to him. ISV — John 10:13
14 I’m the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, ISV — John 10:14
15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father. And I lay down e10:15 Other mss. read give my life for the sheep. ISV — John 10:15
16 I have other sheep that don’t belong to this fold. I must lead these also, and they’ll listen to my voice. So there will be one flock and one shepherd. ISV — John 10:16
17 This is why the Father loves me, because I lay down my life in order to take it back again. ISV — John 10:17
18 No one is taking it from me; I lay it down of my own free will. I have the authority to lay it down, and I have the authority to take it back again. This is what my Father has commanded me.” ISV — John 10:18
19 Once again there was a division among the Jews f10:19 i.e. Judean leaders because of what Jesus had been saying. ISV — John 10:19
20 Many of them were saying, “He has a demon and is insane. Why bother listening to him?” ISV — John 10:20
21 Others were saying, “These are not the words of a man who is demon-possessed. A demon cannot open the eyes of the blind, can it?” ISV — John 10:21
22 Now g10:22 Other mss. read Then Hanukkah h10:22 Or the Festival of Dedication was taking place in Jerusalem. It was winter, ISV — John 10:22
23 and Jesus was walking around in the Temple inside the open porch of Solomon. ISV — John 10:23
24 So the Jewish leaders i10:24 i.e. Judean leaders; lit. the Jews surrounded him and quizzed him, “How long are you going to keep us in suspense? If you’re the Messiah, j10:24 Or Christ tell us so plainly.” ISV — John 10:24
25 Jesus answered them, “I have told you, but you don’t believe it. The actions that I do in my Father’s name testify on my behalf, ISV — John 10:25
26 but you don’t believe, because you don’t belong to my sheep. k10:26 Other mss. read my sheep, just as I told you ISV — John 10:26
27 My sheep hear my voice. I know them, and they follow me. ISV — John 10:27
28 I give them eternal life, they’ll never be lost, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. ISV — John 10:28
29 What my Father has given me l10:29 Some MSS read My father, who gave them to me, is more important than anything, m10:29 Or is greater than everything else and no one can snatch it from the Father’s hand. ISV — John 10:29
30 I and the Father are one.” ISV — John 10:30
31 Again the Jewish leaders n10:31 i.e. Judean leaders; lit. the Jews picked up stones to stone him to death. ISV — John 10:31
32 Jesus replied to them, “I’ve shown you many good actions from my o10:32 Other mss. read the Father. For which of them are you going to stone me?” ISV — John 10:32
33 The Jewish leaders p10:33 i.e. Judean leaders; lit. The Jews answered him, “We are not going to stone you for a good action, but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, are making yourself God!” ISV — John 10:33
34 Jesus replied to them, “Is it not written in your q10:34 Other mss. read the Law, ‘I said, “You are gods”’? r10:34 Cf. Ps 82:6 ISV — John 10:34
35 If he called those to whom a message from God came ‘gods’ (and the Scripture cannot be disregarded), ISV — John 10:35
36 how can you say to the one whom the Father has consecrated and sent into the world, ‘You’re blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘I’m the Son of God’? ISV — John 10:36
37 If I’m not doing my Father’s actions, don’t believe me. ISV — John 10:37
38 But if I’m doing them, even though you don’t believe me, believe the actions, so that you may know and understand s10:38 Other mss. read believe that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.” ISV — John 10:38
39 Again they tried to seize him, but he slipped away from them. t10:39 Lit. away out of their hands ISV — John 10:39
40 Then he went away again across the Jordan to the place where John had been baptizing at first, and he remained there. ISV — John 10:40
41 Many people came to him and kept saying, “John never performed a sign, but everything that John said about this man is true!” ISV — John 10:41
42 And many believed in Jesus u10:42 Lit. him there. ISV — John 10:42