John 10
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"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.
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"But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
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"To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own sheep by a name and leads them out.
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"And when he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.
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"Yet they will by no means follow a b stranger, but will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers."
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Jesus used this illustration, but they did not understand the things which He spoke to them.
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Then Jesus said to them again, "Most assuredly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.
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"All who ever came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them.
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c "I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.
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"The 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.
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d "I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep.
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"But a hireling, he who is not the shepherd, one who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and e leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf catches the sheep and scatters them.
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"The hireling flees because he is a hireling and does not care about the sheep.
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"I am the good shepherd; and f I know My sheep, and g am known by My own.
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h "As the Father knows Me, even so I know the Father; i and I lay down My life for the sheep.
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"And j other sheep I have which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they will hear My voice; k and there will be one flock and one shepherd.
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"Therefore My Father l loves Me, m because I lay down My life that I may take it again.
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"No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I n have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. o This command I have received from My Father."
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Therefore p there was a division again among the Jews because of these sayings.
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And many of them said, q "He has a demon and is mad. Why do you listen to Him?"
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Others said, "These are not the words of one who has a demon. r Can a demon s open the eyes of the blind?"
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Now it was the Feast of Dedication in Jerusalem, and it was winter.
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And Jesus walked in the temple, t in Solomon's porch.
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Then the Jews surrounded Him and said to Him, "How long do You keep us in doubt? If You are the Christ, tell us plainly."
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Jesus answered them, "I told you, and you do not believe. u The works that I do in My Father's name, they v bear witness of Me.
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"But w you do not believe, because you are not of My sheep, as I said to you.
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x "My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.
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"And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand.
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y "My Father, z who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father's hand.
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a "I and My Father are one."
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Then b the Jews took up stones again to stone Him.
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Jesus answered them, "Many good works I have shown you from My Father. For which of those works do you stone Me?"
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The Jews answered Him, saying, "For a good work we do not stone You, but for c blasphemy, and because You, being a Man, d make Yourself God."
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Jesus answered them, "Is it not written in your law, e 'I said, "You are gods" '?
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"If He called them gods, f to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture g cannot be broken),
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"do you say of Him h whom the Father sanctified and i sent into the world, 'You are blaspheming,' j because I said, 'I am k the Son of God'?
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l "If I do not do the works of My Father, do not believe Me;
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"but if I do, though you do not believe Me, m believe the works, that you may know and believe n that the Father is in Me, and I in Him."
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o Therefore they sought again to seize Him, but He escaped out of their hand.
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And He went away again beyond the Jordan to the place p where John was baptizing at first, and there He stayed.
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Then many came to Him and said, "John performed no sign, q but all the things that John spoke about this Man were true."
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And many believed in Him there.
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John 20:16
Jesus said to her, "Mary!" She turned and said to Him, "Rabboni!" (which is to say, Teacher).
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2 Corinthians 11:13 - 15
For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ.
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John 14:6
Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
Ephesians 2:18
For through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father.
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Genesis 49:24
But his bow remained in strength, And the arms ...
Isaiah 40:11
He will feed His flock like a shepherd; He will...
Ezekiel 34:23
I will establish one shepherd over them, and he...
Hebrews 13:20
Now may the God of peace who brought up our Lor...
1 Peter 2:25
For you were like sheep going astray, but have ...
1 Peter 5:4
And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will r...
Revelation 7:17
"for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne...
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Zechariah 11:16
For indeed I will raise up a shepherd in the land who will not care for those who are cut off, nor seek the young, nor heal those that are broken, nor feed those that still stand. But he will eat the flesh of the fat and tear their hooves in pieces.
Zechariah 11:17
"Woe to the worthless shepherd, Who leaves the flock! A sword shall be against his arm And against his right eye; His arm shall completely wither, And his right eye shall be totally blinded."
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Isaiah 40:11
He will feed His flock like a shepherd; He will gather the lambs with His arm, And carry them in His bosom, And gently lead those who are with young.
Nahum 1:7
The LORD is good, A stronghold in the day of trouble; And He knows those who trust in Him.
Zechariah 13:7
Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, Against the Man who is My Companion," Says the LORD of hosts. "Strike the Shepherd, And the sheep will be scattered; Then I will turn My hand against the little ones.
John 6:64
But there are some of you who do not believe." For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and who would betray Him.
2 Timothy 2:19
Nevertheless the solid foundation of God stands, having this seal: "The Lord knows those who are His," and, "Let everyone who names the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
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2 Timothy 1:12
For this reason I also suffer these things; nevertheless I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that Day.
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Matthew 11:27
All things have been delivered to Me by My Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father. Nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and the one to whom the Son wills to reveal Him.
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Matthew 27:50
And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice, an...
Mark 15:37
And Jesus cried out with a loud voice, and brea...
Luke 23:46
And when Jesus had cried out with a loud voice,...
John 15:13
Greater love has no one than this, than to lay ...
John 19:30
So when Jesus had received the sour wine, He sa...
1 John 3:16
By this we know love, because He laid down His ...
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Isaiah 42:6
I, the LORD, have called You in righteousness, And will hold Your hand; I will keep You and give You as a covenant to the people, As a light to the Gentiles.
Isaiah 56:8
The Lord GOD, who gathers the outcasts of Israel, says, "Yet I will gather to him Others besides those who are gathered to him.
Acts 10:45
And those of the circumcision who believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out on the Gentiles also.
Acts 11:18
When they heard these things they became silent; and they glorified God, saying, "Then God has also granted to the Gentiles repentance to life.
Acts 13:46
Then Paul and Barnabas grew bold and said, "It was necessary that the word of God should be spoken to you first; but since you reject it, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, behold, we turn to the Gentiles.
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Ezekiel 37:22
And I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king over them all; they shall no longer be two nations, nor shall they ever be divided into two kingdoms again.
John 11:52
And not for that nation only, but also that He would gather together in one the children of God who were scattered abroad.
John 17:20
I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word.
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 like sheep going astray, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
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John 5:20
For the Father loves the Son, and shows Him all things that He Himself does; and He will show Him greater works than these, that you may marvel.
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Isaiah 53:7
He was oppressed and He was afflicted, Yet He opened not His mouth; He was led as a lamb to the slaughter, And as a sheep before its shearers is silent, So He opened not His mouth.
Isaiah 53:8
He was taken from prison and from judgment, And who will declare His generation? For He was cut off from the land of the living; For the transgressions of My people He was stricken.
Isaiah 53:12
Therefore I will divide Him a portion with the great, And He shall divide the spoil with the strong, Because He poured out His soul unto death, And He was numbered with the transgressors, And He bore the sin of many, And made intercession for the transgressors.
Hebrews 2:9
But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that He, by the grace of God, might taste death for everyone.
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Matthew 26:53
Or do you think that I cannot now pray to My Father, and He will provide Me with more than twelve legions of angels?
John 2:19
Jesus answered and said to them, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
John 5:26
For as the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have life in Himself.
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John 6:38
For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.
John 14:31
But that the world may know that I love the Father, and as the Father gave Me commandment, so I do. Arise, let us go from here.
John 17:4
I have glorified You on the earth. I have finished the work which You have given Me to do.
Acts 2:24
Whom God raised up, having loosed the pains of death, because it was not possible that He should be held by it.
Acts 2:32
This Jesus God has raised up, of which we are all witnesses.
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John 7:43
So there was a division among the people because of Him.
John 9:16
Therefore some of the Pharisees said, "This Man is not from God, because He does not keep the Sabbath." Others said, "How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?" And there was a division among them.
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John 7:20
The people answered and said, "You have a demon. Who is seeking to kill You?
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Exodus 4:11
So the LORD said to him, "Who has made man's mouth? Or who makes the mute, the deaf, the seeing, or the blind? Have not I, the LORD?
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John 9:6
When He had said these things, He spat on the ground and made clay with the saliva; and He anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay.
John 9:7
And He said to him, "Go, wash in the pool of Siloam" (which is translated, Sent). So he went and washed, and came back seeing.
John 9:32
Since the world began it has been unheard of that anyone opened the eyes of one who was born blind.
John 9:33
"If this Man were not from God, He could do nothing."
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Acts 3:11
Now as the lame man who was healed held on to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the porch which is called Solomon's, greatly amazed.
Acts 5:12
And through the hands of the apostles many signs and wonders were done among the people. And they were all with one accord in Solomon's Porch.
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John 5:36
But I have a greater witness than John's; for the works which the Father has given Me to finish - the very works that I do - bear witness of Me, that the Father has sent Me.
John 10:38
"but 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."
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Matthew 11:4
Jesus answered and said to them, "Go and tell John the things which you hear and see:
John 2:11
This beginning of signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and manifested His glory; and His disciples believed in Him.
John 20:30
And truly Jesus did many other signs in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book.
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John 8:47
"He who is of God hears God's words; therefore you do not hear, because you are not of God."
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John 10:4
And when he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.
John 10:14
I am the good shepherd; and I know My sheep, and am known by My own.
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John 14:28
You have heard Me say to you, 'I am going away and coming back to you.' If you loved Me, you would rejoice because I said, 'I am going to the Father,' for My Father is greater than I.
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John 17:2
As You have given Him authority over all flesh, that He should give eternal life to as many as You have given Him.
John 17:6
I have manifested Your name to the men whom You have given Me out of the world. They were Yours, You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word.
John 17:12
While I was with them in the world, I kept them in Your name. Those whom You gave Me I have kept; and none of them is lost except the son of perdition, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.
John 17:24
Father, I desire that they also whom You gave Me may be with Me where I am, that they may behold My glory which You have given Me; for You loved Me before the foundation of the world.
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John 17:11
Now I am no longer in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, keep through Your name those whom You have given Me, that they may be one as We are.
John 17:21 - 24
That they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me.
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John 8:59
Then they took up stones to throw at Him; but Jesus hid Himself and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.
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Matthew 9:3
And at once some of the scribes said within themselves, "This Man blasphemes!
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John 5:18
Therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill Him, because He not only broke the Sabbath, but also said that God was His Father, making Himself equal with God.
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Psalms 82:6
I said, "You are gods, And all of you are children of the Most High.
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Matthew 5:17
Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill.
Matthew 5:18
For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled.
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1 Peter 1:25
But the word of the LORD endures forever." Now this is the word which by the gospel was preached to you.
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John 6:27
"Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set His seal on Him."
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John 3:17
For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.
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John 5:17
But Jesus answered them, "My Father has been working until now, and I have been working.
John 5:18
Therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill Him, because He not only broke the Sabbath, but also said that God was His Father, making Himself equal with God.
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Luke 1:35
And the angel answered and said to her, " The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God.
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John 10:25
Jesus 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.
John 15:24
If I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they would have no sin; but now they have seen and also hated both Me and My Father.
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John 5:36
But I have a greater witness than John's; for the works which the Father has given Me to finish - the very works that I do - bear witness of Me, that the Father has sent Me.
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John 14:10
Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on My own authority; but the Father who dwells in Me does the works.
John 14:11
Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father in Me, or else believe Me for the sake of the works themselves.
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John 7:30
Therefore they sought to take Him; but no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come.
John 7:44
Now some of them wanted to take Him, but no one laid hands on Him.
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John 1:28
These things were done in Bethabara beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
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John 1:29
The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, "Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
John 1:36
And looking at Jesus as He walked, he said, "Behold the Lamb of God!
John 3:28 - 36
"You yourselves bear me witness, that I said, 'I am not the Christ,' but, 'I have been sent before Him.'
John 5:33
You have sent to John, and he has borne witness to the truth.
New King James Version (NKJV) Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.