John 10

I Am the Good Shepherd

1 "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber. 2 But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. 3 To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 4 When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. 5 y A stranger they will not follow, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers." 6 This figure of speech Jesus z used with them, but they a did not understand what he was saying to them.

7 So Jesus again said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, b I am the door of the sheep. 8 All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. 9 I am the door. If anyone enters by me, c he will be saved and will go in and out and d find pasture. 10 The thief comes only to steal and e kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. 11 f I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd g lays down his life for the sheep. 12 He who is h a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and i leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and j scatters them. 13 He flees because k he is a hired hand and l cares nothing for the sheep. 14 m I am the good shepherd. n I know my own and o my own know me, 15 p just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and q I lay down my life for the sheep. 16 And r I have other sheep that are not of this fold. s I must bring them also, and t they will listen to my voice. So there will be u one flock, v one shepherd. 17 w For this reason the Father loves me, x because y I lay down my life that I may take it up again. 18 z No one takes it from me, but y I lay it down a of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and b I have authority to take it up again. c This charge I have received from my Father."

19 d There was again a division among the Jews because of these words. 20 Many of them said, e "He has a demon, and f is insane; why listen to him?" 21 Others said, "These are not the words of one who is oppressed by a demon. g Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?"

I and the Father Are One

22 At that time the Feast of Dedication took place at Jerusalem. It was winter, 23 and Jesus was walking in the temple, h in the colonnade of Solomon. 24 So the Jews gathered around him and said to him, "How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are i the Christ, j tell us plainly." 25 Jesus answered them, "I told you, and you do not believe. k The works that I do l in my Father's name bear witness about me, 26 but m you do not believe because you are not part of my flock. 27 n My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. 28 o I give them eternal life, and p they will never perish, and q no one will snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, r who has given them to me, 1 s is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of t the Father's hand. 30 u I and the Father are one."

31 v The Jews picked up stones again to stone him. 32 Jesus answered them, "I have shown you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you going to stone me?" 33 The Jews answered him, "It is not for a good work that we are going to stone you but w for blasphemy, because you, being a man, x make yourself God." 34 Jesus answered them, "Is it not written in y your Law, z 'I said, you are gods'? 35 If he called them gods to whom the word of God came - and Scripture cannot be a broken - 36 do you say of him whom b the Father consecrated and c sent into the world, 'You are blaspheming,' because d I said, 'I am the Son of God'? 37 e If I am not doing the works of my Father, then do not believe me; 38 but if I do them, f even though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and understand that g the Father is in me and I am in the Father." 39 h Again they sought to arrest him, but he escaped from their hands.

40 He went away again across the Jordan to the place i where John had been baptizing at first, and there he remained. 41 And many came to him. And they said, "John did no sign, but j everything that John said about this man was true." 42 And k many believed in him there.

  1. Cross References
    John 10:12 - 13
    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 flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them.
  2. Cross References
    John 9:40
    Some of the Pharisees near him heard these things, and said to him, "Are we also blind?
  3. Cross References
    Mark 9:32
    But they did not understand the saying, and were afraid to ask him.
  4. Cross References
    John 10:9
    I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture.
    John 14:6
    Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
    Ephesians 2:18
    For through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father.
  5. Cross References
    John 5:34
    Not that the testimony that I receive is from man, but I say these things so that you may be saved.
  6. Cross References
    Psalms 23:2
    He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.
    Ezekiel 34:14
    I will feed them with good pasture, and on the mountain heights of Israel shall be their grazing land. There they shall lie down in good grazing land, and on rich pasture they shall feed on the mountains of Israel.
  7. Cross References
    Jeremiah 23:1
    Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture!" declares the Lord.
    Ezekiel 34:3
    You eat the fat, you clothe yourselves with the wool, you slaughter the fat ones, but you do not feed the sheep.
  8. Cross References
    Isaiah 40:11
    He will tend his flock like a shepherd; he will...
    Ezekiel 34:12
    As a shepherd seeks out his flock when he is am...
    Ezekiel 34:23
    And I will set up over them one shepherd, my se...
    Ezekiel 37:24
    My servant David shall be king over them, and t...
    Zechariah 13:7
    Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, against th...
    Hebrews 13:20
    Now may the God of peace who brought again from...
    1 Peter 2:25
    For you were straying like sheep, but have now ...
    1 Peter 5:4
    And when the chief Shepherd appears, you will r...
    John 21:15 - 17
    When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to...
    Psalms 23:1
    The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
    Revelation 7:17
    For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be...
  9. Cross References
    John 10:15
    Just as the Father knows me and I know the Fath...
    John 10:17
    For this reason the Father loves me, because I ...
    John 15:13
    Greater love has no one than this, that someone...
    1 John 3:16
    By this we know love, that he laid down his lif...
    Matthew 20:28
    Even as the Son of Man came not to be served bu...
    Mark 10:45
    For even the Son of Man came not to be served b...
  10. Cross References
    Ezekiel 34:2 - 6
    Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy, and say to them, even to the shepherds, Thus says the Lord God : Ah, shepherds of Israel who have been feeding yourselves! Should not shepherds feed the sheep?
  11. Cross References
    Zechariah 11:17
    "Woe to my worthless shepherd, who deserts the flock! May the sword strike his arm and his right eye! Let his arm be wholly withered, his right eye utterly blinded!"
    Zechariah 13:7
    Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, against the man who stands next to me," declares the Lord of hosts. "Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; I will turn my hand against the little ones.
  12. Cross References
    Jeremiah 23:1 - 3
    Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture!" declares the Lord.
  13. Cross References
    1 Peter 5:2
    Shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight, not under compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; not for shameful gain, but eagerly.
  14. Cross References
    Zechariah 11:16
    For behold, I am raising up in the land a shepherd who does not care for those being destroyed, or seek the young or heal the maimed or nourish the healthy, but devours the flesh of the fat ones, tearing off even their hoofs.
  15. Cross References
    John 10:11
    I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
  16. Cross References
    John 10:27
    My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
    Nahum 1:7
    The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; he knows those who take refuge in him.
    2 Timothy 2:19
    But God's firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: "The Lord knows those who are his," and, "Let everyone who names the name of the Lord depart from iniquity.
  17. Cross References
    John 10:4
    When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.
  18. Cross References
    Matthew 11:27
    All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.
  19. Cross References
    John 10:11
    I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
  20. Cross References
    Isaiah 56:8
    The Lord God, who gathers the outcasts of Israel, declares, "I will gather yet others to him besides those already gathered.
  21. Cross References
    Ezekiel 34:11 - 13
    For thus says the Lord God : Behold, I, I myself will search for my sheep and will seek them out.
    Matthew 8:11 - 12
    I tell you, many will come from east and west and recline at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.
    Ephesians 2:13 - 18
    But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
    1 Peter 2:25
    For you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
  22. Cross References
    John 5:25
    Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.
    John 18:37
    Then Pilate said to him, "So you are a king?" Jesus answered, "You say that I am a king. For this purpose I was born and for this purpose I have come into the world - to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice.
    Acts 28:28
    Therefore let it be known to you that this salvation of God has been sent to the Gentiles; they will listen.
  23. Cross References
    John 11:52
    And not for the nation only, but also to gather into one the children of God who are scattered abroad.
    John 12:32
    And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.
    John 17:11
    And I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name, which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are one.
    John 17:21 - 22
    That they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me.
  24. Cross References
    Ezekiel 34:23
    And I will set up over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he shall feed them: he shall feed them and be their shepherd.
    Ezekiel 37:24
    My servant David shall be king over them, and they shall all have one shepherd. They shall walk in my rules and be careful to obey my statutes.
  25. Cross References
    Philippians 2:9
    Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name.
    John 5:20
    For the Father loves the Son and shows him all that he himself is doing. And greater works than these will he show him, so that you may marvel.
  26. Cross References
    Isaiah 53:7 - 8
    He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he opened not his mouth.
    Isaiah 53:12
    Therefore I will divide him a portion with the many, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong, because he poured out his soul to death and was numbered with the transgressors; yet he bore the sin of many, and makes intercession for the transgressors.
    Hebrews 2:9
    But we see him who for a little while was made lower than the angels, namely Jesus, crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.
  27. Cross References
    John 10:11
    I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
  28. Cross References
    Matthew 26:53
    Do you think that I cannot appeal to my Father, and he will at once send me more than twelve legions of angels?
  29. Cross References
    John 10:17
    For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it up again.
  30. Cross References
    John 5:30
    I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me.
  31. Cross References
    John 2:19
    Jesus answered them, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
    Philippians 2:7
    But made himself nothing, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men.
  32. Cross References
    John 12:49
    For I have not spoken on my own authority, but the Father who sent me has himself given me a commandment - what to say and what to speak.
    John 14:31
    But I do as the Father has commanded me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Rise, let us go from here.
    John 15:10
    If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love.
  33. Cross References
    John 7:43
    So there was a division among the people over him.
    John 9:16
    Some of the Pharisees said, "This man is not from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath." But others said, "How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?" And there was a division among them.
  34. Cross References
    John 7:20
    The crowd answered, "You have a demon! Who is seeking to kill you?
  35. Cross References
    Mark 3:21
    And when his family heard it, they went out to seize him, for they were saying, "He is out of his mind.
  36. Cross References
    Exodus 4:11
    Then the Lord said to him, "Who has made man's mouth? Who makes him mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is it not I, the Lord ?
    Psalms 146:8
    The Lord opens the eyes of the blind. The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down; the Lord loves the righteous.
    John 9:33
    If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.
  37. Cross References
    Acts 3:11
    While he clung to Peter and John, all the people, utterly astounded, ran together to them in the portico called Solomon's.
    Acts 5:12
    Now many signs and wonders were regularly done among the people by the hands of the apostles. And they were all together in Solomon's Portico.
  38. Cross References
    John 1:41
    He first found his own brother Simon and said to him, "We have found the Messiah" (which means Christ).
  39. Cross References
    Matthew 26:63
    But Jesus remained silent. And the high priest said to him, "I adjure you by the living God, tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God.
    Luke 22:67
    If you are the Christ, tell us." But he said to them, "If I tell you, you will not believe.
  40. Cross References
    John 10:38
    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 5:36
    But the testimony that I have is greater than that of John. For the works that the Father has given me to accomplish, the very works that I am doing, bear witness about me that the Father has sent me.
  41. Cross References
    John 5:43
    I have come in my Father's name, and you do not receive me. If another comes in his own name, you will receive him.
  42. Cross References
    John 8:47
    Whoever is of God hears the words of God. The reason why you do not hear them is that you are not of God.
  43. Cross References
    John 10:14
    I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me.
    John 10:16
    And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd.
  44. Cross References
    1 John 2:25
    And this is the promise that he made to us - eternal life.
    1 John 5:11
    And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
  45. Cross References
    John 17:12
    While I was with them, I kept them in your name, which you have given me. I have guarded them, and not one of them has been lost except the son of destruction, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.
    John 18:9
    This was to fulfill the word that he had spoken: "Of those whom you gave me I have lost not one.
  46. Cross References
    John 6:37
    All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out.
  47. Cross References
    John 6:37
    All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out.
    John 17:2
    Since you have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him.
  48. Cross References
    John 14:28
    You heard me say to you, 'I am going away, and I will come to you.' If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.
  49. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 32:39
    'See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god beside me; I kill and I make alive; I wound and I heal; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand.
    Isaiah 49:2
    He made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand he hid me; he made me a polished arrow; in his quiver he hid me away.
    Isaiah 51:16
    And I have put my words in your mouth and covered you in the shadow of my hand, establishing the heavens and laying the foundations of the earth, and saying to Zion, 'You are my people.'
  50. Cross References
    John 17:11
    And I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name, which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are one.
    John 17:22
    The glory that you have given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one.
    John 5:19
    So Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, that the Son does likewise.
    John 14:9
    Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Show us the Father'?
  51. Cross References
    John 8:59
    So they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple.
  52. Cross References
    Leviticus 24:16
    Whoever blasphemes the name of the Lord shall surely be put to death. All the congregation shall stone him. The sojourner as well as the native, when he blasphemes the Name, shall be put to death.
    Matthew 9:3
    And behold, some of the scribes said to themselves, "This man is blaspheming.
  53. Cross References
    John 5:18
    This was why the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God.
  54. Cross References
    John 12:34
    So the crowd answered him, "We have heard from the Law that the Christ remains forever. How can you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?
    John 15:25
    But the word that is written in their Law must be fulfilled: 'They hated me without a cause.
    1 Corinthians 14:21
    In the Law it is written, "By people of strange tongues and by the lips of foreigners will I speak to this people, and even then they will not listen to me, says the Lord.
  55. Cross References
    Psalms 82:6
    I said, "You are gods, sons of the Most High, all of you.
  56. Cross References
    Psalms 82:6
    I said, "You are gods, sons of the Most High, all of you.
  57. Cross References
    Matthew 5:17
    Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.
    Matthew 5:19
    Therefore whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
  58. Cross References
    John 6:27
    Do not labor for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For on him God the Father has set his seal.
  59. Cross References
    John 3:17
    For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
  60. Cross References
    John 5:17 - 18
    But Jesus answered them, "My Father is working until now, and I am working.
    John 10:30
    I and the Father are one.
  61. Cross References
    John 15:24
    If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin, but now they have seen and hated both me and my Father.
  62. Cross References
    John 10:25
    Jesus answered them, "I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in my Father's name bear witness about me.
    John 14:11
    Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me, or else believe on account of the works themselves.
  63. Cross References
    John 14:10 - 11
    Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority, but the Father who dwells in me does his works.
    John 14:20
    In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.
    John 17:21
    That they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me.
    John 17:23
    I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me.
    John 8:29
    And he who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to him.
  64. Cross References
    John 7:30
    So they were seeking to arrest him, but no one laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come.
    John 7:44
    Some of them wanted to arrest him, but no one laid hands on him.
  65. Cross References
    John 1:28
    These things took place in Bethany across the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
  66. Cross References
    John 1:7
    He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him.
    John 1:29 - 34
    The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
    John 3:27 - 30
    John answered, "A person cannot receive even one thing unless it is given him from heaven.
    John 5:33
    You sent to John, and he has borne witness to the truth.
  67. Cross References
    John 7:31
    Yet many of the people believed in him. They said, "When the Christ appears, will he do more signs than this man has done?
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