Thematic Bible
John 10:1 (show verse)
"Truly, truly, I tell you, one who does not enter by the door into the sheep fold, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
John 10:2 (show verse)
But one who enters in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
John 10:3 (show verse)
The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out.
John 10:4 (show verse)
Whenever he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.
John 10:5 (show verse)
They will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him; for they do not know the voice of strangers."
John 10:6 (show verse)
Jesus spoke this parable to them, but they did not understand what he was telling them.
John 10:7 (show verse)
Jesus therefore said to them again, "Truly, truly, I tell you, I am the sheep's door.
John 10:8 (show verse)
All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.
John 10:9 (show verse)
I am the door. If anyone enters in by me, he will be saved, and will go in and go out, and will find pasture.
John 10:10 (show verse)
The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may 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)
He who is a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away; and the wolf snatches them and scatters them.
John 10:13 (show verse)
The hired hand flees because he is a hired hand, and does not care for the sheep.
John 10:14 (show verse)
I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and my own know me;
John 10:15 (show verse)
even as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. I lay down my life for the sheep.
John 10:16 (show verse)
I have other sheep, which are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will hear my voice. They will become one flock with one shepherd.
John 10:17 (show verse)
Therefore the Father loves me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.
John 10:18 (show verse)
No one takes it away from me, but I lay it down by myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. I received this commandment from my Father."
John 10:19 (show verse)
Therefore a division arose again among the Jewish people because of these words.
John 10:20 (show verse)
Many of them said, "He has a demon, and is insane. Why do you listen to him?"
John 10:21 (show verse)
Others said, "These are not the sayings of one possessed by a demon. It is not possible for a demon to open the eyes of the blind, is it?"
John 10:22 (show verse)
It was the Feast of the Dedication at Jerusalem.
John 10:23 (show verse)
It was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple, in Solomon's porch.
John 10:24 (show verse)
The Jewish leaders therefore came around him and said to him, "How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Messiah, 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, these testify about 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 eternal life to them. They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.
John 10:29 (show verse)
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 (show verse)
I and the Father are one."
John 10:31 (show verse)
Therefore the Jewish leaders 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 those works do you stone me?"
John 10:33 (show verse)
The Jewish leaders answered him, "We do not stone you for a good work, but for blasphemy: because you, being a man, make yourself God."
John 10:34 (show verse)
Jesus answered them, "Is not it 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 blaspheme,' 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, though you do not believe me, believe the works; that you may know and understand that the Father is in me, and I in the Father."
John 10:39 (show verse)
They sought again to seize him, and he went out of their hand.
John 10:40 (show verse)
He went away again beyond the Jordan into the place where John was baptizing at first, and there he stayed.
John 10:41 (show verse)
Many came to him. They said, "John indeed did no sign, but everything that John said about this man is true."
John 10:42 (show verse)
And many believed in him there.