New King James Version

New Living Translation

1“Most assuredly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.

1 “I tell you the truth, anyone who sneaks over the wall of a sheepfold, rather than going through the gate, must surely be a thief and a robber!

2But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

2 But the one who enters through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.

3To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

3 The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep recognize his voice and come to him. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

4And when he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.

4 After he has gathered his own flock, he walks ahead of them, and they follow him because they know his voice.

5Yet they will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.”

5 They won’t follow a stranger; they will run from him because they don’t know his voice.”

6Jesus used this illustration, but they did not understand the things which He spoke to them.

6Those who heard Jesus use this illustration didn’t understand what he meant,

7Then Jesus said to them again, “Most assuredly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.

7so he explained it to them: “I tell you the truth, I am the gate for the sheep.

8All who ever came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them.

8 All who came before me were thieves and robbers. But the true sheep did not listen to them.

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

9 Yes, I am the gate. Those who come in through me will be saved. They will come and go freely and will find good pastures.

10The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.

10 The thief’s purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life.

11“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep.

11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd sacrifices his life for the sheep.

12But a hireling, he who is not the shepherd, one who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf catches the sheep and scatters them.

12 A hired hand will run when he sees a wolf coming. He will abandon the sheep because they don’t belong to him and he isn’t their shepherd. And so the wolf attacks them and scatters the flock.

13The hireling flees because he is a hireling and does not care about the sheep.

13 The hired hand runs away because he’s working only for the money and doesn’t really care about the sheep.

14I am the good shepherd; and I know My sheep, and am known by My own.

14 “I am the good shepherd; I know my own sheep, and they know me,

15As the Father knows Me, even so I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep.

15 just as my Father knows me and I know the Father. So I sacrifice my life for the sheep.

16And other sheep I have which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they will hear My voice; and there will be one flock and one shepherd.

16 I have other sheep, too, that are not in this sheepfold. I must bring them also. They will listen to my voice, and there will be one flock with one shepherd.

17“Therefore My Father loves Me, because I lay down My life that I may take it again.

17 “The Father loves me because I sacrifice my life so I may take it back again.

18No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This command I have received from My Father.”

18 No one can take my life from me. I sacrifice it voluntarily. For I have the authority to lay it down when I want to and also to take it up again. For this is what my Father has commanded.”

19Therefore there was a division again among the Jews because of these sayings.

19When he said these things, the people were again divided in their opinions about him.

20And many of them said, “He has a demon and is mad. Why do you listen to Him?”

20Some said, “He’s demon possessed and out of his mind. Why listen to a man like that?”

21Others said, “These are not the words of one who has a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”

21Others said, “This doesn’t sound like a man possessed by a demon! Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?” Jesus Claims to Be the Son of God

22Now it was the Feast of Dedication in Jerusalem, and it was winter.

22It was now winter, and Jesus was in Jerusalem at the time of Hanukkah, the Festival of Dedication.

23And Jesus walked in the temple, in Solomon’s porch.

23He was in the Temple, walking through the section known as Solomon’s Colonnade.

24Then the Jews surrounded Him and said to Him, “How long do You keep us in doubt? If You are the Christ, tell us plainly.”

24The people surrounded him and asked, “How long are you going to keep us in suspense? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly.”

25Jesus 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.

25Jesus replied, “I have already told you, and you don’t believe me. The proof is the work I do in my Father’s name.

26But you do not believe, because you are not of My sheep, as I said to you.

26 But you don’t believe me because you are not my sheep.

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

27 My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.

28And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand.

28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them away from me,

29My 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.

29 for my Father has given them to me, and he is more powerful than anyone else. No one can snatch them from the Father’s hand.

30I and My Father are one.”

30 The Father and I are one.”

31Then the Jews took up stones again to stone Him.

31Once again the people picked up stones to kill him.

32Jesus answered them, “Many good works I have shown you from My Father. For which of those works do you stone Me?”

32Jesus said, “At my Father’s direction I have done many good works. For which one are you going to stone me?”

33The Jews answered Him, saying, “For a good work we do not stone You, but for blasphemy, and because You, being a Man, make Yourself God.”

33They replied, “We’re stoning you not for any good work, but for blasphemy! You, a mere man, claim to be God.”

34Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your law, ‘I said, “You are gods” ’?

34Jesus replied, “It is written in your own Scriptures that God said to certain leaders of the people, ‘I say, you are gods!’

35If He called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture cannot be broken),

35 And you know that the Scriptures cannot be altered. So if those people who received God’s message were called ‘gods,’

36do 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’?

36 why do you call it blasphemy when I say, ‘I am the Son of God’? After all, the Father set me apart and sent me into the world.

37If I do not do the works of My Father, do not believe Me;

37 Don’t believe me unless I carry out my Father’s work.

38but if I do, though you do not believe Me, believe the works, that you may know and believe that the Father is in Me, and I in Him.”

38 But if I do his work, believe in the evidence of the miraculous works I have done, even if you don’t believe me. Then you will know and understand that the Father is in me, and I am in the Father.”

39Therefore they sought again to seize Him, but He escaped out of their hand.

39Once again they tried to arrest him, but he got away and left them.

40And He went away again beyond the Jordan to the place where John was baptizing at first, and there He stayed.

40He went beyond the Jordan River near the place where John was first baptizing and stayed there awhile.

41Then many came to Him and said, “John performed no sign, but all the things that John spoke about this Man were true.”

41And many followed him. “John didn’t perform miraculous signs,” they remarked to one another, “but everything he said about this man has come true.”

42And many believed in Him there.

42And many who were there believed in Jesus.

The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.