Thematic Bible
John 10:1 (show verse)
"Truly, truly, I say to you, the man who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs in by some other way, he is a thief and a robber.
John 10:2 (show verse)
But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
John 10:3 (show verse)
To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
John 10:4 (show verse)
When he has brought out all his own, he goes on before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.
John 10:5 (show verse)
A stranger they will not follow, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers."
John 10:6 (show verse)
This figure Jesus used with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.
John 10:7 (show verse)
Then Jesus said to them again, "Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.
John 10:8 (show verse)
All who ever came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them.
John 10:9 (show verse)
I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.
John 10:10 (show verse)
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it abundantly.
John 10:11 (show verse)
I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
John 10:12 (show verse)
But he who is a hireling and not the shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf snatches the sheep and scatters them.
John 10:13 (show verse)
He flees because he is a hireling and cares nothing for the sheep.
John 10:14 (show verse)
I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep, and my sheep know me
John 10:15 (show verse)
just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.
John 10:16 (show verse)
And I have other sheep that are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will heed my voice. So there shall be one flock and one shepherd.
John 10:17 (show verse)
For this reason my Father loves me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.
John 10:18 (show verse)
No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This command I have received from my Father."
John 10:19 (show verse)
There was again a division among the Jews because of these words.
John 10:20 (show verse)
Many of them said, "He has a demon, and is mad. Why listen to him?"
John 10:21 (show verse)
Others said, "These are not the sayings of one who has a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?"
John 10:22 (show verse)
Then came the Feast of Dedication at Jerusalem. It was winter,
John 10:23 (show verse)
and Jesus was in the temple, walking in Solomon's Porch.
John 10:24 (show verse)
So the Jews gathered round him and said to him, "How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly."
John 10:25 (show verse)
Jesus answered them, "I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me;
John 10:26 (show verse)
but you do not believe, because you are not of my sheep.
John 10:27 (show verse)
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
John 10:28 (show verse)
I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one shall snatch them out of my hand.
John 10:29 (show verse)
My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of my Father's hand.
John 10:30 (show verse)
I and the Father are one."
John 10:31 (show verse)
The Jews took up stones again to stone him.
John 10:32 (show verse)
Jesus answered them, "I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these do you stone me?"
John 10:33 (show verse)
The Jews answered him, "For a good work we do not stone you, but for blasphemy, and because you, being a man, make yourself God."
John 10:34 (show verse)
Jesus answered them, "Is it not written in your law, 'I said, you are gods'?
John 10:35 (show verse)
If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture cannot be broken),
John 10:36 (show verse)
do you say of him whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, 'You are blaspheming,' because I said, 'I am the Son of God'?
John 10:37 (show verse)
If I do not do the works of my father, do not believe me;
John 10:38 (show verse)
but if I do them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me, and I am in the Father."
John 10:39 (show verse)
Again they tried to seize him, but he escaped from their hands.
John 10:40 (show verse)
He went away again across the Jordan to the place where John was baptizing at first, and there he stayed.
John 10:41 (show verse)
And many came to him and they said, "John performed no sign, but all that John said about this man was true."
John 10:42 (show verse)
And many believed in him there.