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John 10

Holman Christian Standard Bible, 2009 (HCSB)

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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. ⓐ

² The one who enters by the door is the shepherd ⓑ of the sheep. ⓒ

³ The doorkeeper opens it for him, and the sheep hear his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

⁴ When he has brought all his own outside, he goes ahead of them. The sheep follow him because they recognize his voice.

⁵ They will never follow a stranger; instead they will run away from him, because they don’t recognize the voice of strangers.”

⁶ Jesus gave them this illustration, but they did not understand ⓓ what He was telling them.

⁷ So Jesus said again, “I assure you: I am ⓔ the door of the sheep. ⓕ

⁸ All who came before Me [1] are thieves and robbers, but the sheep didn’t listen to them.

⁹ I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved and will come in and go out and find pasture.

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.

¹¹ “I am the good shepherd. ⓘ The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. ⓙ

¹² The hired man, since he is not the shepherd and doesn’t own the sheep, leaves them [2] and runs away when he sees a wolf ⓚ coming. The wolf then snatches and scatters them.

¹³ This happens because he is a hired man and doesn’t care about the sheep.

¹⁴ “I am the good shepherd. I know My own sheep, and they know Me,

¹⁵ as the Father knows Me, and I know the Father. ⓛ I lay down My life ⓜ for the sheep.

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. ⓞ

¹⁷ This is why the Father loves Me, ⓟ because I am laying down My life ⓠ so I may take it up again.

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.” ⓡ

¹⁹ Again a division ⓢ took place among the Jews because of these words.

²⁰ Many of them were saying, “He has a demon ⓣ and He’s crazy! Why do you listen to Him?”

²¹ Others were saying, “These aren’t the words of someone demon-possessed. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?” ⓤ

²² Then the Festival of Dedication [3] took place in Jerusalem, and it was winter.

²³ Jesus was walking in the temple complex in Solomon’s Colonnade. [4] ⓥ

²⁴ Then the Jews surrounded Him and asked, “How long are You going to keep us in suspense? [5] If You are the Messiah, ⓦ tell us plainly.” [6] ⓧ

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.

²⁶ But you don’t believe because you are not My sheep. [7] ⓩ

²⁷ My sheep hear My voice, I know them, and they follow Me.

²⁸ I give them eternal life, ⓐ and they will never perish ⓑ — ever! No one will snatch ⓒ them out of My hand.

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.

³⁰ The Father and I are one.” [8] ⓔ

³¹ Again the Jews picked up rocks to stone Him. ⓕ

³² Jesus replied, “I have shown you many good works ⓖ from the Father. Which of these works are you stoning Me for?”

³³ “We aren’t stoning ⓗ You for a good work,” the Jews answered, “but for blasphemy, because You — being a man — make Yourself God.”

³⁴ Jesus answered them, “Isn’t it written in your scripture, [9] I said, you are gods? ⓘ [10]

³⁵ If He called those whom the word ⓙ of God came to ‘gods’ — and the Scripture ⓚ cannot be broken —

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? ⓛ

³⁷ If I am not doing My Father’s works, ⓜ don’t believe Me.

³⁸ But if I am doing them and you don’t believe Me, believe the works. This way you will know and understand [11] that the Father is in Me and I in the Father.” ⓝ

³⁹ Then they were trying again to seize Him, ⓞ yet He eluded their grasp. ⓟ

⁴⁰ So He departed again across the Jordan ⓠ to the place where John ⓡ had been baptizing earlier, and He remained there.

⁴¹ Many came to Him ⓢ and said, “John never did a sign, but everything John said about this man was true.”

⁴² And many believed in Him there.

#	HCSB
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. ⓐ
2	The one who enters by the door is the shepherd ⓑ of the sheep. ⓒ
3	The doorkeeper opens it for him, and the sheep hear his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
4	When he has brought all his own outside, he goes ahead of them. The sheep follow him because they recognize his voice.
5	They will never follow a stranger; instead they will run away from him, because they don’t recognize the voice of strangers.”
6	Jesus gave them this illustration, but they did not understand ⓓ what He was telling them.
7	So Jesus said again, “I assure you: I am ⓔ the door of the sheep. ⓕ
8	All who came before Me [1] are thieves and robbers, but the sheep didn’t listen to them.
9	I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved and will come in and go out and find pasture.
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.
11	“I am the good shepherd. ⓘ The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. ⓙ
12	The hired man, since he is not the shepherd and doesn’t own the sheep, leaves them [2] and runs away when he sees a wolf ⓚ coming. The wolf then snatches and scatters them.
13	This happens because he is a hired man and doesn’t care about the sheep.
14	“I am the good shepherd. I know My own sheep, and they know Me,
15	as the Father knows Me, and I know the Father. ⓛ I lay down My life ⓜ for the sheep.
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. ⓞ
17	This is why the Father loves Me, ⓟ because I am laying down My life ⓠ so I may take it up again.
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.” ⓡ
19	Again a division ⓢ took place among the Jews because of these words.
20	Many of them were saying, “He has a demon ⓣ and He’s crazy! Why do you listen to Him?”
21	Others were saying, “These aren’t the words of someone demon-possessed. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?” ⓤ
22	Then the Festival of Dedication [3] took place in Jerusalem, and it was winter.
23	Jesus was walking in the temple complex in Solomon’s Colonnade. [4] ⓥ
24	Then the Jews surrounded Him and asked, “How long are You going to keep us in suspense? [5] If You are the Messiah, ⓦ tell us plainly.” [6] ⓧ
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.
26	But you don’t believe because you are not My sheep. [7] ⓩ
27	My sheep hear My voice, I know them, and they follow Me.
28	I give them eternal life, ⓐ and they will never perish ⓑ — ever! No one will snatch ⓒ them out of My hand.
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.
30	The Father and I are one.” [8] ⓔ
31	Again the Jews picked up rocks to stone Him. ⓕ
32	Jesus replied, “I have shown you many good works ⓖ from the Father. Which of these works are you stoning Me for?”
33	“We aren’t stoning ⓗ You for a good work,” the Jews answered, “but for blasphemy, because You — being a man — make Yourself God.”
34	Jesus answered them, “Isn’t it written in your scripture, [9] I said, you are gods? ⓘ [10]
35	If He called those whom the word ⓙ of God came to ‘gods’ — and the Scripture ⓚ cannot be broken —
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? ⓛ
37	If I am not doing My Father’s works, ⓜ don’t believe Me.
38	But if I am doing them and you don’t believe Me, believe the works. This way you will know and understand [11] that the Father is in Me and I in the Father.” ⓝ
39	Then they were trying again to seize Him, ⓞ yet He eluded their grasp. ⓟ
40	So He departed again across the Jordan ⓠ to the place where John ⓡ had been baptizing earlier, and He remained there.
41	Many came to Him ⓢ and said, “John never did a sign, but everything John said about this man was true.”
42	And many believed in Him there.

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