1 “ For sure, I tell you, the man who goes into the sheep-pen some other way than through the door is one who steals and robs.

`Verily, verily, I say to you, He who is not entering through the door to the fold of the sheep, but is going up from another side, that one is a thief and a robber;

2 T he shepherd of the sheep goes in through the door.

and he who is entering through the door is shepherd of the sheep;

3 T he one who watches the door opens it for him. The sheep listen to the voice of the shepherd. He calls his own sheep by name and he leads them out.

to this one the doorkeeper doth open, and the sheep hear his voice, and his own sheep he doth call by name, and doth lead them forth;

4 W hen the shepherd walks ahead of them, they follow him because they know his voice.

and when his own sheep he may put forth, before them he goeth on, and the sheep follow him, because they have known his voice;

5 T hey will not follow someone they do not know because they do not know his voice. They will run away from him.”

and a stranger they will not follow, but will flee from him, because they have not known the voice of strangers.'

6 J esus told this picture-story to them. Yet they did not understand what He said. Jesus Is the Door

This similitude spake Jesus to them, and they knew not what the things were that he was speaking to them;

7 A gain Jesus said to them, “For sure, I tell you, I am the Door of the sheep.

Jesus said therefore again to them, `Verily, verily, I say to you -- I am the door of the sheep;

8 A ll others who came ahead of Me are men who steal and rob. The sheep did not obey them.

all, as many as came before me, are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them;

9 I am the Door. Anyone who goes in through Me will be saved from the punishment of sin. He will go in and out and find food.

I am the door, through me if any one may come in, he shall be saved, and he shall come in, and go out, and find pasture.

10 T he robber comes only to steal and to kill and to destroy. I came so they might have life, a great full life. Jesus Teaches about the Good Shepherd

`The thief doth not come, except that he may steal, and kill, and destroy; I came that they may have life, and may have abundantly.

11 “ I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd gives His life for the sheep.

`I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd his life layeth down for the sheep;

12 O ne who is hired to watch the sheep is not the shepherd. He does not own the sheep. He sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep. He runs away while the wolf gets the sheep and makes them run everywhere.

and the hireling, and not being a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, doth behold the wolf coming, and doth leave the sheep, and doth flee; and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep;

13 T he hired man runs away because he is hired. He does not care about the sheep.

and the hireling doth flee because he is an hireling, and is not caring for the sheep.

14 “ I am the Good Shepherd. I know My sheep and My sheep know Me.

`I am the good shepherd, and I know my, and am known by mine,

15 I know My Father as My Father knows Me. I give My life for the sheep.

according as the Father doth know me, and I know the Father, and my life I lay down for the sheep,

16 I have other sheep which are not from this sheep-pen. I must bring them also. They will listen to My voice. Then there will be one flock with one shepherd.

and other sheep I have that are not of this fold, these also it behoveth me to bring, and my voice they will hear, and there shall become one flock -- one shepherd.

17 “ For this reason My Father loves Me. It is because I give My life that I might take it back again.

`Because of this doth the Father love me, because I lay down my life, that again I may take it;

18 N o one takes my life from Me. I give it by Myself. I have the right and the power to take it back again. My Father has given Me this right and power.”

no one doth take it from me, but I lay it down of myself; authority I have to lay it down, and authority I have again to take it; this command I received from my Father.'

19 B ecause of what He said, the Jews did not agree in their thinking.

Therefore, again, there came a division among the Jews, because of these words,

20 M any of them said, “He has a demon and is crazy. Why listen to Him?”

and many of them said, `He hath a demon, and is mad, why do ye hear him?'

21 O thers said, “A man who has a demon does not talk this way. Can a demon open the eyes of a blind man?” Jesus Tells Who He Is

others said, `These sayings are not those of a demoniac; is a demon able blind men's eyes to open?'

22 I t was time for the religious gathering of remembering how the house of God was opened in Jerusalem.

And the dedication in Jerusalem came, and it was winter,

23 I t was winter and Jesus was there. He was walking in Solomon’s porch in the house of God.

and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the porch of Solomon,

24 T he Jews gathered around Him. They said, “How long are You going to keep us in doubt? If You are the Christ, tell us.”

the Jews, therefore, came round about him, and said to him, `Till when our soul dost thou hold in suspense? if thou art the Christ, tell us freely.'

25 J esus answered, “I told you and you do not believe. The works I do in My Father’s name speak of Me.

Jesus answered them, `I told you, and ye do not believe; the works that I do in the name of my Father, these testify concerning me;

26 Y ou do not believe because you are not My sheep.

but ye do not believe, for ye are not of my sheep,

27 M y sheep hear My voice and I know them. They follow Me.

according as I said to you: My sheep my voice do hear, and I know them, and they follow me,

28 I give them life that lasts forever. They will never be punished. No one is able to take them out of My hand.

and life age-during I give to them, and they shall not perish -- to the age, and no one shall pluck them out of my hand;

29 M y Father Who gave them to Me is greater than all. No one is able to take them out of My Father’s hand.

my Father, who hath given to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to pluck out of the hand of my Father;

30 M y Father and I are one!” Jesus Talks to Angry Men

I and the Father are one.'

31 A gain the Jews picked up stones to throw at Him.

Therefore, again, did the Jews take up stones that they may stone him;

32 J esus said to them, “Many good things have I shown you from My Father. For which of these things are you going to throw stones at Me?”

Jesus answered them, `Many good works did I shew you from my Father; because of which work of them do ye stone me?'

33 T hey said, “We are not going to throw stones at You for any good work. It is because of the way You talk against God. It is because You make Yourself to be God when You are only a man.”

The Jews answered him, saying, `For a good work we do not stone thee, but for evil speaking, and because thou, being a man, dost make thyself God.'

34 J esus said to them, “Is it not written in your Law, ‘I said, you are gods’?

Jesus answered them, `Is it not having been written in your law: I said, ye are gods?

35 T he Holy Writings were given to them and God called them gods. (The Word of God cannot be put aside.)

if them he did call gods unto whom the word of God came, (and the Writing is not able to be broken,)

36 B ut God has set Me apart for Himself. He sent Me into the world. Then how can you say that I am speaking against God because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’?

of him whom the Father did sanctify, and send to the world, do ye say -- Thou speakest evil, because I said, Son of God I am?

37 I f I am not doing the works of My Father, do not believe Me.

if I do not the works of my Father, do not believe me;

38 B ut if I do them, even if you do not believe Me, believe the works that I do. Then you will know the Father is in Me and I am in Him.”

and if I do, even if me ye may not believe, the works believe, that ye may know and may believe that in me the Father, and I in Him.'

39 T hey tried again to take Him but He got out of their hands. Jesus Goes to the Other Side of the Jordan River

Therefore were they seeking again to seize him, and he went forth out of their hand,

40 J esus went away to the other side of the Jordan River to the place where John was baptizing people. Jesus stayed there.

and went away again to the other side of the Jordan, to the place where John was at first baptizing, and remained there,

41 M any people came to Him and said, “John did no powerful work, but what John said about this Man is true.”

and many came unto him, and said -- `John, indeed, did no sign, and all things, as many as John said about this one were true;'

42 M any people put their trust in Jesus there.

and many did believe in him there.