John 10 - New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB1995)

Parable of the Good Shepherd

10 “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)a thief and a robber. 2 But he who enters by the door is (B)a shepherd of the sheep. 3 To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear (C)his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and (D)leads them out. 4 When he puts forth all his own, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they know (E)his voice. 5 A stranger they simply will not follow, but will flee from him, because they do not know (F)the voice of strangers.” 6 This (G)figure of speech Jesus spoke to them, but they did not understand what those things were which He had been saying to them.

7 So Jesus said to them again, “Truly, truly, I say to you, I am (H)the door of the sheep. 8 All who came before Me are (I)thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them. 9 (J)I am the door; if anyone enters through Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. 10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they (K)may have life, and [a]have it abundantly.

11 “(L)I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd (M)lays down His life for the sheep. 12 He who is a hired hand, and not a (N)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. 13 He flees because he is a hired hand and is not concerned about the sheep. 14 (O)I am the good shepherd, and (P)I know My own and My own know Me, 15 even as (Q)the Father knows Me and I know the Father; and (R)I lay down My life for the sheep. 16 I have (S)other sheep, which are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will hear My voice; and they will become (T)one flock with (U)one shepherd. 17 For this reason the Father loves Me, because I (V)lay down My life so that I may take it again. 18 (W)No one has taken it away from Me, but I (X)lay it down on My own initiative. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. (Y)This commandment I received from My Father.”

19 (Z)A division occurred again among the Jews because of these words. 20 Many of them were saying, “He (AA)has a demon and (AB)is insane. Why do you listen to Him?” 21 Others were saying, “These are not the sayings of one (AC)demon-possessed. (AD)A demon cannot open the eyes of the blind, can he?”

Jesus Asserts His Deity

22 At that time the Feast of the Dedication took place at Jerusalem; 23 it was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple in the portico of (AE)Solomon. 24 (AF)The Jews then gathered around Him, and were saying to Him, “How long [b]will You keep us in suspense? If You are [c]the Christ, tell us (AG)plainly.” 25 Jesus answered them, “(AH)I told you, and you do not believe; (AI)the works that I do in My Father’s name, these testify of Me. 26 But you do not believe because (AJ)you are not of My sheep. 27 My sheep (AK)hear My voice, and (AL)I know them, and they follow Me; 28 and I give (AM)eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and (AN)no one will snatch them out of My hand. 29 [d]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. 30 (AO)I and the Father are [e]one.”

31 The Jews (AP)picked up stones again to stone Him. 32 Jesus answered them, “I showed you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you stoning Me?” 33 The Jews answered Him, “For a good work we do not stone You, but for (AQ)blasphemy; and because You, being a man, (AR)make Yourself out to be God.” 34 Jesus answered them, “Has it not been written in (AS)your (AT)Law, ‘(AU)I said, you are gods’? 35 If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture cannot be broken), 36 do you say of Him, whom the Father (AV)sanctified and (AW)sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘(AX)I am the Son of God’? 37 (AY)If I do not do the works of My Father, do not believe Me; 38 but if I do them, though you do not believe Me, believe (AZ)the works, so that you may [f]know and understand that (BA)the Father is in Me, and I in the Father.” 39 Therefore (BB)they were seeking again to seize Him, and (BC)He eluded their grasp.

40 And He went away (BD)again beyond the Jordan to the place where John was first baptizing, and He was staying there. 41 Many came to Him and were saying, “While John performed no (BE)sign, yet (BF)everything John said about this man was true.” 42 (BG)Many believed in Him there.

Footnotes

  1. John 10:10 Or have abundance
  2. John 10:24 Lit do You lift up our soul
  3. John 10:24 I.e. the Messiah
  4. John 10:29 One early ms reads What My Father has given Me is greater than all
  5. John 10:30 Or a unity; or one essence
  6. John 10:38 Lit know and continue knowing

Cross references

  1. John 10:1 : John 10:8
  2. John 10:2 : John 10:11f
  3. John 10:3 : John 10:4f, 16, 27
  4. John 10:3 : John 10:9
  5. John 10:4 : John 10:5, 16, 27
  6. John 10:5 : John 10:4, 16, 27
  7. John 10:6 : John 16:25, 29; 2 Pet 2:22
  8. John 10:7 : John 10:1f, 9
  9. John 10:8 : Jer 23:1f; Ezek 34:2ff; John 10:1
  10. John 10:9 : John 10:1f, 9
  11. John 10:10 : John 5:40
  12. John 10:11 : Is 40:11; Ezek 34:11-16, 23; John 10:14; Heb 13:20; 1 Pet 5:4; Rev 7:17
  13. John 10:11 : John 10:15, 17, 18; 15:13; 1 John 3:16
  14. John 10:12 : John 10:2
  15. John 10:14 : John 10:11
  16. John 10:14 : John 10:27
  17. John 10:15 : Matt 11:27; Luke 10:22
  18. John 10:15 : John 10:11, 17, 18
  19. John 10:16 : Is 56:8
  20. John 10:16 : John 11:52; 17:20f; Eph 2:13-18; 1 Pet 2:25
  21. John 10:16 : Ezek 34:23; 37:24
  22. John 10:17 : John 10:11, 15, 18
  23. John 10:18 : Matt 26:53; John 2:19; 5:26
  24. John 10:18 : John 10:11, 15, 17
  25. John 10:18 : John 14:31; 15:10; Phil 2:8; Heb 5:8
  26. John 10:19 : John 7:43; 9:16
  27. John 10:20 : John 7:20
  28. John 10:20 : Mark 3:21
  29. John 10:21 : Matt 4:24
  30. John 10:21 : Ex 4:11; John 9:32f
  31. John 10:23 : Acts 3:11; 5:12
  32. John 10:24 : John 1:19; 10:31, 33
  33. John 10:24 : Luke 22:67; John 16:25
  34. John 10:25 : John 8:56, 58
  35. John 10:25 : John 5:36; 10:38
  36. John 10:26 : John 8:47
  37. John 10:27 : John 10:4, 16
  38. John 10:27 : John 10:14
  39. John 10:28 : John 17:2f; 1 John 2:25; 5:11
  40. John 10:28 : John 6:37, 39
  41. John 10:30 : John 17:21ff
  42. John 10:31 : John 8:59
  43. John 10:33 : Lev 24:16
  44. John 10:33 : John 5:18
  45. John 10:34 : John 8:17
  46. John 10:34 : John 12:34; 15:25; Rom 3:19; 1 Cor 14:21
  47. John 10:34 : Ps 82:6
  48. John 10:36 : Jer 1:5; John 6:69
  49. John 10:36 : John 3:17
  50. John 10:36 : John 5:17f; 10:30
  51. John 10:37 : John 10:25; 15:24
  52. John 10:38 : John 10:25; 14:11
  53. John 10:38 : John 14:10f, 20; 17:21, 23
  54. John 10:39 : John 7:30
  55. John 10:39 : Luke 4:30; John 8:59
  56. John 10:40 : John 1:28
  57. John 10:41 : John 2:11
  58. John 10:41 : John 1:27, 30, 34; 3:27-30
  59. John 10:42 : John 7:31

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