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Jesus the Good Shepherd
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
The Good Shepherd and His Sheep
“I tell you the truth, anyone who sneaks over the wall of a sheepfold, rather than going through the gate, must surely be a thief and a robber!
“I tell you the truth, anyone who sneaks over the wall of a sheepfold, rather than going through the gate, must surely be a thief and a robber!
But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
But the one who enters through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.
To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.
The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep recognize his voice and come to him. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.
After he has gathered his own flock, he walks ahead of them, and they follow him because they know his voice.
And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.
They won’t follow a stranger; they will run from him because they don’t know his voice.”
This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.
Those who heard Jesus use this illustration didn’t understand what he meant,
Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.
so he explained it to them: “I tell you the truth, I am the gate for the sheep.
All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
The thief’s purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life.
I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd sacrifices his life for the sheep.
But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.
A hired hand will run when he sees a wolf coming. He will abandon the sheep because they don’t belong to him and he isn’t their shepherd. And so the wolf attacks them and scatters the flock.
The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.
The hired hand runs away because he’s working only for the money and doesn’t really care about the sheep.
I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.
“I am the good shepherd; I know my own sheep, and they know me,
As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.
just as my Father knows me and I know the Father. So I sacrifice my life for the sheep.
And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.
I have other sheep, too, that are not in this sheepfold. I must bring them also. They will listen to my voice, and there will be one flock with one shepherd.
Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.
“The Father loves me because I sacrifice my life so I may take it back again.
No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.
No one can take my life from me. I sacrifice it voluntarily. For I have the authority to lay it down when I want to and also to take it up again. For this is what my Father has commanded.”
There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings.
And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him?
Some said, “He’s demon possessed and out of his mind. Why listen to a man like that?”
Others said, These are not the words of him that hath a devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind?
Others said, “This doesn’t sound like a man possessed by a demon! Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”
The Unbelief of the Jews
And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter.
And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter.
Jesus Claims to Be the Son of God
It was now winter, and Jesus was in Jerusalem at the time of Hanukkah, the Festival of Dedication.
And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch.
He was in the Temple, walking through the section known as Solomon’s Colonnade.
Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly.
The people surrounded him and asked, “How long are you going to keep us in suspense? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly.”
Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.
Jesus replied, “I have already told you, and you don’t believe me. The proof is the work I do in my Father’s name.
But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.
But you don’t believe me because you are not my sheep.
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.
And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them away from me,
My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.
Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.
Once again the people picked up stones to kill him.
Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?
Jesus said, “At my Father’s direction I have done many good works. For which one are you going to stone me?”
The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.
They replied, “We’re stoning you not for any good work, but for blasphemy! You, a mere man, claim to be God.”
Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?
If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;
And you know that the Scriptures cannot be altered. So if those people who received God’s message were called ‘gods,’
Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?
why do you call it blasphemy when I say, ‘I am the Son of God’? After all, the Father set me apart and sent me into the world.
If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.
Don’t believe me unless I carry out my Father’s work.
But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.
But if I do his work, believe in the evidence of the miraculous works I have done, even if you don’t believe me. Then you will know and understand that the Father is in me, and I am in the Father.”
Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand,
Once again they tried to arrest him, but he got away and left them.
Many across the Jordan Believe
And went away again beyond Jordan into the place where John at first baptized; and there he abode.
And went away again beyond Jordan into the place where John at first baptized; and there he abode.
He went beyond the Jordan River near the place where John was first baptizing and stayed there awhile.
And many resorted unto him, and said, John did no miracle: but all things that John spake of this man were true.
And many followed him. “John didn’t perform miraculous signs,” they remarked to one another, “but everything he said about this man has come true.”