John 10 Background Information with Maps and Images (Picture Study Bible - John) Free Bible Online

1 - "Most certainly, I tell you, one who doesn't enter by the door into the sheep fold, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.

2 - But one who enters in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

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

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

5 - They will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him; for they don't know the voice of strangers."

6 - Jesus spoke this parable to them, but they didn't understand what he was telling them.

7 - Jesus therefore said to them again,"Most certainly, I tell you, I am the sheep's door.

8 - All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep didn't listen to them.

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

10 - The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

11 - I am the good shepherd.Isaiah 40:11; Ezekiel 34:11-12,15,22The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

12 - He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who doesn't own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, leaves the sheep, and flees. The wolf snatches the sheep, and scatters them.

13 - The hired hand flees because he is a hired hand, and doesn't care for the sheep.

14 - I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and I'm known by my own;

15 - even as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. I lay down my life for the sheep.

16 - I have other sheep, which are not of this fold.Isaiah 56:8I must bring them also, and they will hear my voice. They will become one flock with one shepherd.

17 - Therefore the Father loves me, because I lay down my life,Isaiah 53:7-8that I may take it again.

18 - No one takes it away from me, but I lay it down by myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. I received this commandment from my Father."

19 - Therefore a division arose again among the Jews because of these words.

20 - Many of them said, "He has a demon, and is insane! Why do you listen to him?"

21 - Others said, "These are not the sayings of one possessed by a demon. It isn't possible for a demon to open the eyes of the blind, is it?"Exodus 4:11