go to all translations

Thematic Bible

Themes in John 10
HCSB

Themes in John 10

John 10:1

“I assure you: Anyone who doesn’t enter the sheep pen by the door but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber.

John 10:2

The one who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

John 10:3

The doorkeeper opens it for him, and the sheep hear his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

John 10:4

When he has brought all his own outside, he goes ahead of them. The sheep follow him because they recognize his voice.

John 10:5

They will never follow a stranger; instead they will run away from him, because they don’t recognize the voice of strangers.”

John 10:6

Jesus gave them this illustration, but they did not understand what He was telling them.

John 10:7

So Jesus said again, “I assure you: I am the door of the sheep.

John 10:8

All who came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep didn’t listen to them.

John 10:9

I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved and will come in and go out and find pasture.

John 10:10

A thief comes only to steal and to kill and to destroy. I have come so that they may have life and have it in abundance.

John 10:11

“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

John 10:12

The hired man, since he is not the shepherd and doesn’t own the sheep, leaves them and runs away when he sees a wolf coming. The wolf then snatches and scatters them.

John 10:13

This happens because he is a hired man and doesn’t care about the sheep.

John 10:14

“I am the good shepherd. I know My own sheep, and they know Me,

John 10:15

as the Father knows Me, and I know the Father. I lay down My life for the sheep.

John 10:16

But I have other sheep that are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will listen to My voice. Then there will be one flock, one shepherd.

John 10:17

This is why the Father loves Me, because I am laying down My life so I may take it up again.

John 10:18

No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down on My own. I have the right to lay it down, and I have the right to take it up again. I have received this command from My Father.”

John 10:19

Again a division took place among the Jews because of these words.

John 10:20

Many of them were saying, “He has a demon and He’s crazy! Why do you listen to Him?”

John 10:21

Others were saying, “These aren’t the words of someone demon-possessed. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”

John 10:22

Then the Festival of Dedication took place in Jerusalem, and it was winter.

John 10:23

Jesus was walking in the temple complex in Solomon’s Colonnade.

John 10:24

Then the Jews surrounded Him and asked, “How long are You going to keep us in suspense? If You are the Messiah, tell us plainly.”

John 10:25

“I did tell you and you don’t believe,” Jesus answered them. “The works that I do in My Father’s name testify about Me.

John 10:26

But you don’t believe because you are not My sheep.

John 10:27

My sheep hear My voice, I know them, and they follow Me.

John 10:28

I give them eternal life, and they will never perish—ever! No one will snatch them out of My hand.

John 10:29

My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all. No one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand.

John 10:30

The Father and I are one.”

John 10:31

Again the Jews picked up rocks to stone Him.

John 10:32

Jesus replied, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. Which of these works are you stoning Me for?”

John 10:33

“We aren’t stoning You for a good work,” the Jews answered, “but for blasphemy, because You—being a man—make Yourself God.”

John 10:34

Jesus answered them, “Isn’t it written in your scripture, I said, you are gods?

John 10:35

If He called those whom the word of God came to ‘gods’—and the Scripture cannot be broken—

John 10:36

do you say, ‘You are blaspheming’ to the One the Father set apart and sent into the world, because I said: I am the Son of God?

John 10:37

If I am not doing My Father’s works, don’t believe Me.

John 10:38

But if I am doing them and you don’t believe Me, believe the works. This way you will know and understand that the Father is in Me and I in the Father.”

John 10:39

Then they were trying again to seize Him, yet He eluded their grasp.

John 10:40

So He departed again across the Jordan to the place where John had been baptizing earlier, and He remained there.

John 10:41

Many came to Him and said, “John never did a sign, but everything John said about this man was true.”

John 10:42

And many believed in Him there.
Doctrinal Statement / Privacy Policy / Use of Pictures / Donate / Contact Us
© Copyright [2011 - 2025] Knowing-Jesus.com - All Rights Reserved