mnt - John:10:1-21

mnt@John:10:1 @ "In solemn truth I tell you that whoever does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs up some other way, that man is a thief and a robber;

mnt@John:10:2 @ "but he who comes in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

mnt@John:10:3 @ "The porter opens the door for him; the sheep listen to his voice; and he calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out.

mnt@John:10:4 @ "When he has brought all his own sheep, he walks before them and the sheep follow him because they know his voice.

mnt@John:10:5 @ "But a stranger they will not follow, but flee from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers."

mnt@John:10:6 @ Jesus told them this parable, but they did not understand what he was talking about; so he said to them again.

mnt@John:10:7 @ "In solemn truth I tell you that I am the Door of the sheep.

mnt@John:10:8 @ "All that came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.

mnt@John:10:9 @ "I am the Door. Whoever enters by me shall be saved, and he shall go in and come out and find pasture.

mnt@John:10:10 @ "The thief never comes except to steal and kill and destroy. I am come that they may have life, and may have it in abundance.

mnt@John:10:11 @ "I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his very life for the sheep.

mnt@John:10:12 @ "The hired servant, since he is not a shepherd and does not own his sheep, leaves the sheep and flees when he sees a wolf coming - and the wolf worries them and scatters them.

mnt@John:10:13 @ "He is only a hired servant, and the sheep are no care to him.

mnt@John:10:14 @ "I am the good shepherd. I know my sheep, and my sheep know me;

mnt@John:10:15 @ just as the Father knows me, I know the Father, and I lay down my life for the sheep.

mnt@John:10:16 @ "I have other sheep also, which do not belong to this fold. I must bring them too, and they will listen to my voice, and they will become one flock, one shepherd.

mnt@John:10:17 @ "The Father loves me for this, because I am laying down my life that I may take it again.

mnt@John:10:18 @ "No man is taking it away from me. I am laying it down on my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it again. I received this commandment from my Father."

mnt@John:10:19 @ The Jews were again divided over these words.

mnt@John:10:20 @ Many of them kept saying. "He has a demon and is mad! Why do you listen to him?"

mnt@John:10:21 @ Others were saying. "These are not the words of one demon-possessed. Can a demoniac open the eyes of the blind?"