John 10. Jesus Is The Great Shepherd. One our Foundational Chapters

John 10:1:

Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber.
John 10:2:
But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
John 10:3:
To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
John 10:4:
When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.
John 10:5:
A stranger they will not follow, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.
John 10:6:
This figure of speech Jesus used with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.


John 10:7:
So Jesus again said to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.
John 10:8:
All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.
John 10:9:
I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture.
John 10:10:
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.
John 10:11:
I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
John 10:12:
He who is a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them.
John 10:13:
He flees because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep.
John 10:14:
I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me,
John 10:15:
just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.
John 10:16:
And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd.
John 10:17:
For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it up again.
John 10:18:
No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from my Father.


John 10:19:
There was again a division among the Jews because of these words.
John 10:20:
Many of them said, He has a demon, and is insane; why listen to him?
John 10:21:
Others said, These are not the words of one who is oppressed by a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?


John 10:22:
At that time the Feast of Dedication took place at Jerusalem. It was winter,
John 10:23:
and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the colonnade of Solomon.
John 10:24:
So the Jews gathered around him and said to him, How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.
John 10:25:
Jesus answered them, I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in my Father's name bear witness about me,
John 10:26:
but you do not believe because you are not part of my flock.
John 10:27:
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
John 10:28:
I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.
John 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.
John 10:30:
I and the Father are one.


John 10:31:
The Jews picked up stones again to stone him.
John 10:32:
Jesus answered them, I have shown you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you going to stone me?
John 10:33:
The Jews answered him, It is not for a good work that we are going to stone you but for blasphemy, because you, being a man, make yourself God.
John 10:34:
Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your Law, I said, you are gods?
John 10:35:
If he called them gods to whom the word of God came—and Scripture cannot be broken—
John 10:36:
do you say of him whom the Father consecrated and sent into the world, You are blaspheming, because I said, I am the Son of God?
John 10:37:
If I am not doing the works of my Father, then do not believe me;
John 10:38:
but if I do them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.
John 10:39:
Again they sought to arrest him, but he escaped from their hands.


John 10:40:
He went away again across the Jordan to the place where John had been baptizing at first, and there he remained.
John 10:41:
And many came to him. And they said, John did no sign, but everything that John said about this man was true.
John 10:42:
And many believed in him there.