| 章 |
| 10:1 |
"Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbs up some other way, he is a thief and a robber.
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| 10:2 |
"But he who enters by the door is a shepherd of the sheep.
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| 10:3 |
"To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
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| 10:4 |
"When he puts forth all his own, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice.
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| 10:5 |
"A stranger they simply will not follow, but will flee from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers."
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| 10:6 |
This figure of speech Jesus spoke to them, but they did not understand what those things were which He had been saying to them.
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| 10:7 |
So Jesus said to them again, "Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.
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| 10:8 |
"All who came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them.
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| 10:9 |
"I am the door; if anyone enters through Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.
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| 10:10 |
"The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.
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| 10:11 |
"I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.
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| 10:12 |
"He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who is not the owner of the sheep, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them.
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| 10:13 |
"He flees because he is a hired hand and is not concerned about the sheep.
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| 10:14 |
"I am the good shepherd, and I know My own and My own know Me,
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| 10:15 |
even as the Father knows Me and I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep.
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| 10:16 |
"I have other sheep, which are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will hear My voice; and they will become one flock with one shepherd.
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| 10:17 |
"For this reason the Father loves Me, because I lay down My life so that I may take it again.
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| 10:18 |
"No one has taken it away from Me, but I lay it down on My own initiative. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This commandment I received from My Father."
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| 10:19 |
A division occurred again among the Jews because of these words.
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| 10:20 |
Many of them were saying, "He has a demon and is insane. Why do you listen to Him?"
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| 10:21 |
Others were saying, "These are not the sayings of one demon-possessed. A demon cannot open the eyes of the blind, can he?"
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| 10:22 |
At that time the Feast of the Dedication took place at Jerusalem;
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| 10:23 |
it was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple in the portico of Solomon.
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| 10:24 |
The Jews then gathered around Him, and were saying to Him, "How long will You keep us in suspense? If You are the Christ, tell us plainly."
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| 10:25 |
Jesus answered them, "I told you, and you do not believe; the works that I do in My Father's name, these testify of Me.
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| 10:26 |
"But you do not believe because you are not of My sheep.
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| 10:27 |
"My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me;
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| 10:28 |
and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand.
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| 10:29 |
"My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand.
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| 10:30 |
"I and the Father are one."
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| 10:31 |
The Jews picked up stones again to stone Him.
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| 10:32 |
Jesus answered them, "I showed you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you stoning Me?"
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| 10:33 |
The Jews answered Him, "For a good work we do not stone You, but for blasphemy; and because You, being a man, make Yourself out to be God."
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| 10:34 |
Jesus answered them, "Has it not been written in your Law, 'I said, you are gods'?
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| 10:35 |
"If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture cannot be broken),
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| 10:36 |
do you say of Him, whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, 'You are blaspheming,' because I said, 'I am the Son of God'?
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| 10:37 |
"If I do not do the works of My Father, do not believe Me;
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| 10:38 |
but if I do them, though you do not believe Me, believe the works, so that you may know and understand that the Father is in Me, and I in the Father."
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| 10:39 |
Therefore they were seeking again to seize Him, and He eluded their grasp.
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| 10:40 |
And He went away again beyond the Jordan to the place where John was first baptizing, and He was staying there.
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| 10:41 |
Many came to Him and were saying, "While John performed no sign, yet everything John said about this man was true."
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| 10:42 |
Many believed in Him there.
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