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6 Those who heard Jesus use this illustration
didn’t understand what he meant, 7 so he explained
it to them: “I tell you the truth, I am the gate for the
sheep. 8All who came before me* were thieves and
robbers. But the true sheep did not listen to them.
9 Yes, I am the gate. Those who come in through me
will be saved.* They will come and go freely and will
find good pastures. 10 The thief’s purpose is to steal
and kill and destroy. My purpose is to give them a
rich and satisfying life.
11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd
sacrifices his life for the sheep. 12A 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. 13 The hired hand runs
away because he’s working only for the money and
doesn’t really care about the sheep.
14 “I am the good shepherd; I know my own sheep,
and they know me, 15 just as my Father knows me and
I know the Father. So I sacrifice my life for the sheep.
16 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.
17 “The Father loves me because I sacrifice my life
so I may take it back again. 18 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.”
19 When he said these things, the people* were
again divided in their opinions about him. 20 Some
said, “He’s demon possessed and out of his mind.
Why listen to a man like that?” 21 Others said, “This
doesn’t sound like a man possessed by a demon! Can
a demon open the eyes of the blind?”
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.
23 He was in the Temple, walking through the section known as Solomon’s Colonnade. 24 The people
surrounded him and asked, “How long are you going
to keep us in suspense? If you are the Messiah, tell
us plainly.”
25 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. 26 But you don’t believe me because
you are not my sheep. 27 My sheep listen to my voice; I
know them, and they follow me. 28 I give them eternal
life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch
them away from me, 29 for my Father has given them
to me, and he is more powerful than anyone else.* No
one can snatch them from the Father’s hand. 30 The
Father and I are one.”
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JOHN 10
“Women live in
the knowledge
that . . . because
God is the God
of life and Jesus
has promised
abundant life, the
suffering of women
cannot be the last
word.”
MERCY AMBA ODUYOYE
theologian and professor
31 Once again the people picked up stones to kill
him. 32 Jesus said, “At my Father’s direction I have
done many good works. For which one are you going
to stone me?”
33 They replied, “We’re stoning you not for any good
work, but for blasphemy! You, a mere man, claim to
be God.”
34 Jesus replied, “It is written in your own Scriptures* that God said to certain leaders of the people,
‘I say, you are gods!’* 35And you know that the Scriptures cannot be altered. So if those people who received God’s message were called ‘gods,’ 36 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. 37 Don’t believe me unless I carry out
my Father’s work. 38 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.”
39 Once again they tried to arrest him, but he got
away and left them. 40 He went beyond the Jordan
River near the place where John was first baptizing and stayed there awhile. 41And many followed
him. “John didn’t perform miraculous signs,” they
10:8 Some manuscripts do not include before me. 10:9 Or will find safety. 10:19 Greek Jewish people; also in 10:24, 31.
10:29 Other manuscripts read for what my Father has given me is more powerful than anything; still others read for regarding
that which my Father has given me, he is greater than all. 10:34a Greek your own law. 10:34b Ps 82:6.
