John:10:1-21
isv@John:10:1 @ “Truly, truly I tell you, the person who does not enter the sheepfold through the gate, but climbs in by some other way, is a thief and a bandit.
isv@John:10:2 @ The one who enters through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.
isv@John:10:3 @ It is to him the gatekeeper opens the gate, and it is his voice the sheep hear. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
isv@John:10:4 @ 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:10:5 @ They will never follow a stranger, but will run away from him because they do not recognize the voice of strangers.”
isv@John:10:6 @ Jesus used this illustration with them, but they didn't understand what he was saying to them.
isv@John:10:7 @ So again Jesus said,“Truly, truly I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep.
isv@John:10:8 @ All who came before meare thieves and bandits, but the sheep did not listen to them.
isv@John:10:9 @ I am the gate. If anyone enters through me, he will be saved. He will come in and go out and find pasture.
isv@John:10:10 @ The thief comes only to steal, slaughter, and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it abundantly.
isv@John:10:11 @ “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays downhis life for the sheep.
isv@John:10:12 @ The hired hand, who is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, deserts the sheep, and runs away. So the wolf snatches them and scatters them.
isv@John:10:13 @ For he is a hired hand, and the sheep do not matter to him.
isv@John:10:14 @ I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me,
isv@John:10:15 @ just as the Father knows me and I know the Father. And I lay downmy life for the sheep.
isv@John:10:16 @ I have other sheep that do not belong to this fold. I must lead these also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock and one shepherd.
isv@John:10:17 @ This is why the Father loves me, because I lay down my life in order to take it back again.
isv@John:10:18 @ 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 a command that I have received from my Father.”
isv@John:10:19 @ Once again there was a division among the Jews because of these words.
isv@John:10:20 @ Many of them were saying, “He has a demon and is insane. Why bother listening to him?”
isv@John:10:21 @ 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?”
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