wmth - John:10:1-21

wmth@John:10:1 @ »In most solemn truth I tell you that the man who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs over some other way, is a thief and a robber.

wmth@John:10:2 @ But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

wmth@John:10:3 @ To him the porter opens the door, and the sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own sheep by their names and leads them out.

wmth@John:10:4 @ When he has brought out his own sheep –all of them– he walks at the head of them; and the sheep follow him, because they know his voice.

wmth@John:10:5 @ But a stranger they will by no means follow, but will run away from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers.«

wmth@John:10:6 @ Jesus spoke to them in this figurative language, but they did not understand what He meant.

wmth@John:10:7 @ Again therefore Jesus said to them, »In most solemn truth I tell you that I am the Door of the sheep.

wmth@John:10:8 @ All who have come before me are thieves and robbers; but the sheep would not listen to them.

wmth@John:10:9 @ I am the Door. If any one enters by me, he will find safety, and will go in and out and find pasture.

wmth@John:10:10 @ The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy: I have come that they may have Life, and may have it in abundance.

wmth@John:10:11 @ »I am the Good Shepherd. A good shepherd lays down his very life for the sheep.«

wmth@John:10:12 @ The hired servant –one who is not a shepherd and does not own the sheep– no sooner sees the wolf coming than he leaves the sheep and runs away; and the wolf worries and scatters them.

wmth@John:10:13 @ For he is only a hired servant and cares nothing for the sheep.

wmth@John:10:14 @ »I am the Good Shepherd. And I know my sheep and my sheep know me,

wmth@John:10:15 @ just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I am laying down my life for the sheep.

wmth@John:10:16 @ I have also other sheep–which do not belong to this fold. Those also I must bring, and they will listen to my voice; and they shall become one flock under one Shepherd.

wmth@John:10:17 @ For this reason my Father loves me, because I am laying down my life in order to receive it back again.

wmth@John:10:18 @ No one is taking it away from me, but I myself am laying it down. I am authorized to lay it down, and I am authorized to receive it back again. This is the command I received from my Father.«

wmth@John:10:19 @ Again there arose a division among the Jews because of these words.

wmth@John:10:20 @ Many of them said, »He is possessed by a demon and is mad. Why do you listen to him?«

wmth@John:10:21 @ Others argued, »That is not the language of a demoniac: and can a demon open blind men's eyes?«