Jean 10
Nouvelle Edition de Genève – NEG1979
Jésus, le bon Berger
10 En vérité, en vérité, je vous le dis, celui qui n’entre pas par la porte dans la bergerie, mais qui y monte par ailleurs, est un voleur et un brigand. 2 Mais celui qui entre par la porte est le berger des brebis. 3 Le portier lui ouvre, et les brebis entendent sa voix; il appelle par leur nom les brebis qui lui appartiennent, et il les conduit dehors. 4 Lorsqu’il a fait sortir toutes ses propres brebis, il marche devant elles; et les brebis le suivent, parce qu’elles connaissent sa voix. 5 Elles ne suivront point un étranger; mais elles fuiront loin de lui, parce qu’elles ne connaissent pas la voix des étrangers.
6 Jésus leur dit cette parabole, mais ils ne comprirent pas de quoi il leur parlait.
7 Jésus leur dit encore: En vérité, en vérité, je vous le dis, je suis la porte des brebis. 8 Tous ceux qui sont venus avant moi sont des voleurs et des brigands; mais les brebis ne les ont point écoutés. 9 Je suis la porte. Si quelqu’un entre par moi, il sera sauvé; il entrera et il sortira, et il trouvera des pâturages. 10 Le voleur ne vient que pour dérober, égorger et détruire; moi, je suis venu afin que les brebis aient la vie, et qu’elles l’aient en abondance.
11 Je suis le bon berger. Le bon berger donne sa vie pour ses brebis. 12 Mais le mercenaire, qui n’est pas le berger, et à qui n’appartiennent pas les brebis, voit venir le loup, abandonne les brebis, et prend la fuite; et le loup les ravit et les disperse. 13 Le mercenaire [s’enfuit, parce qu’il est mercenaire, et qu’il] ne se met point en peine des brebis. Je suis le bon berger. 14 Je connais mes brebis, et elles me connaissent, 15 comme le Père me connaît et comme je connais le Père; et je donne ma vie pour mes brebis. 16 J’ai encore d’autres brebis, qui ne sont pas de cette bergerie; celles-là, il faut que je les amène; elles entendront ma voix, et il y aura un seul troupeau, un seul berger. 17 Le Père m’aime, parce que je donne ma vie, afin de la reprendre. 18 Personne ne me l’ôte, mais je la donne de moi-même; j’ai le pouvoir de la donner, et j’ai le pouvoir de la reprendre: tel est l’ordre que j’ai reçu de mon Père.
19 Il y eut de nouveau, à cause de ces paroles, division parmi les Juifs. 20 Plusieurs d’entre eux disaient: Il a un démon, il est fou; pourquoi l’écoutez-vous? 21 D’autres disaient: Ce ne sont pas les paroles d’un démoniaque; un démon peut-il ouvrir les yeux des aveugles?
Jésus affirme sa divinité
22 On célébrait à Jérusalem la fête de la Dédicace[a]. C’était l’hiver. 23 Et Jésus se promenait dans le temple, sous le portique de Salomon. 24 Les Juifs l’entourèrent, et lui dirent: Jusqu’à quand tiendras-tu notre esprit en suspens? Si tu es le Christ, dis-le-nous franchement.
25 Jésus leur répondit: Je vous l’ai dit, et vous ne croyez pas. Les œuvres que je fais au nom de mon Père rendent témoignage de moi. 26 Mais vous ne croyez pas, parce que vous n’êtes pas de mes brebis. 27 Mes brebis entendent ma voix; je les connais, et elles me suivent. 28 Je leur donne la vie éternelle; et elles ne périront jamais, et personne ne les ravira de ma main. 29 Mon Père, qui me les a données, est plus grand que tous[b]; et personne ne peut les ravir de la main de mon Père. 30 Moi et le Père nous sommes un.
31 Alors les Juifs prirent de nouveau des pierres pour le lapider.
32 Jésus leur dit: Je vous ai fait voir plusieurs bonnes œuvres venant de mon Père: pour laquelle me lapidez-vous? 33 Les Juifs lui répondirent: Ce n’est point pour une bonne œuvre que nous te lapidons, mais pour un blasphème, et parce que toi, qui es un homme, tu te fais Dieu. 34 Jésus leur répondit: N’est-il pas écrit dans votre loi: J’ai dit: Vous êtes des dieux?[c]
35 Si elle a appelé dieux ceux à qui la parole de Dieu a été adressée, et si l’Ecriture ne peut être anéantie, 36 celui que le Père a sanctifié et envoyé dans le monde, vous lui dites: Tu blasphèmes! Et cela parce que j’ai dit: Je suis le Fils de Dieu. 37 Si je ne fais pas les œuvres de mon Père, ne me croyez pas. 38 Mais si je les fais, même si vous ne me croyez point, croyez à ces œuvres, afin que vous sachiez et reconnaissiez que le Père est en moi et que je suis dans le Père.
39 Là-dessus, ils cherchèrent encore à le saisir, mais il s’échappa de leurs mains.
40 Jésus s’en alla de nouveau au-delà du Jourdain, dans le lieu où Jean avait d’abord baptisé. Et il y demeura. 41 Beaucoup de gens vinrent à lui, et ils disaient: Jean n’a fait aucun miracle; mais tout ce que Jean a dit de cet homme était vrai. 42 Et, dans ce lieu-là, plusieurs crurent en lui.
Footnotes
- Jean 10:22 La fête de la Dédicace fut instituée par Judas Macchabée et ses frères en souvenir de la purification du Temple qui avait été profané par Antiochus Epiphane
- Jean 10:29 Mon Père, qui me les a données, est plus grand que tous; d’anciens mss ont: Ce que mon Père m’a donné est plus grand que toutes choses
- Jean 10:34 + Ps 82:6
John 10
English Standard Version
I Am the Good Shepherd
10 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber. 2 But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. 3 To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 4 When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. 5 (A)A stranger they will not follow, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.” 6 This figure of speech Jesus (B)used with them, but they (C)did not understand what he was saying to them.
7 So Jesus again said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, (D)I am the door of the sheep. 8 All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. 9 I am the door. If anyone enters by me, (E)he will be saved and will go in and out and (F)find pasture. 10 The thief comes only to steal and (G)kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. 11 (H)I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd (I)lays down his life for the sheep. 12 He who is (J)a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and (K)leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and (L)scatters them. 13 He flees because (M)he is a hired hand and (N)cares nothing for the sheep. 14 (O)I am the good shepherd. (P)I know my own and (Q)my own know me, 15 (R)just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and (S)I lay down my life for the sheep. 16 And (T)I have other sheep that are not of this fold. (U)I must bring them also, and (V)they will listen to my voice. So there will be (W)one flock, (X)one shepherd. 17 (Y)For this reason the Father loves me, (Z)because (AA)I lay down my life that I may take it up again. 18 (AB)No one takes it from me, but (AC)I lay it down (AD)of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and (AE)I have authority to take it up again. (AF)This charge I have received from my Father.”
19 (AG)There was again a division among the Jews because of these words. 20 Many of them said, (AH)“He has a demon, and (AI)is insane; why listen to him?” 21 Others said, “These are not the words of one who is oppressed by a demon. (AJ)Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”
I and the Father Are One
22 At that time the Feast of Dedication took place at Jerusalem. It was winter, 23 and Jesus was walking in the temple, (AK)in the colonnade of Solomon. 24 So the Jews gathered around him and said to him, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are (AL)the Christ, (AM)tell us plainly.” 25 Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe. (AN)The works that I do (AO)in my Father's name bear witness about me, 26 but (AP)you do not believe because you are not among my sheep. 27 (AQ)My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. 28 (AR)I give them eternal life, and (AS)they will never perish, and (AT)no one will snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, (AU)who has given them to me,[a] (AV)is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of (AW)the Father's hand. 30 (AX)I and the Father are one.”
31 (AY)The Jews picked up stones again to stone him. 32 Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you going to stone me?” 33 The Jews answered him, “It is not for a good work that we are going to stone you but (AZ)for blasphemy, because you, being a man, (BA)make yourself God.” 34 Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in (BB)your Law, (BC)‘I said, you are gods’? 35 If he called them gods to whom the word of God came—and Scripture cannot be (BD)broken— 36 do you say of him whom (BE)the Father consecrated and (BF)sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because (BG)I said, ‘I am the Son of God’? 37 (BH)If I am not doing the works of my Father, then do not believe me; 38 but if I do them, (BI)even though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and understand that (BJ)the Father is in me and I am in the Father.” 39 (BK)Again they sought to arrest him, but he escaped from their hands.
40 He went away again across the Jordan to the place (BL)where John had been baptizing at first, and there he remained. 41 And many came to him. And they said, “John did no sign, but (BM)everything that John said about this man was true.” 42 And (BN)many believed in him there.
Footnotes
- John 10:29 Some manuscripts What my Father has given to me
John 10
New King James Version
Jesus the True Shepherd
10 “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. 2 But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. 3 To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own sheep by (A)name and leads them out. 4 And when he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. 5 Yet they will by no means follow a (B)stranger, but will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.” 6 Jesus used this illustration, but they did not understand the things which He spoke to them.
Jesus the Good Shepherd
7 Then Jesus said to them again, “Most assuredly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. 8 All who ever came [a]before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them. 9 (C)I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. 10 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.
11 (D)“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep. 12 But a [b]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. 13 The hireling flees because he is a hireling and does not care about the sheep. 14 I am the good shepherd; and (F)I know My sheep, and (G)am known by My own. 15 (H)As the Father knows Me, even so I know the Father; (I)and I lay down My life for the sheep. 16 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.
17 “Therefore My Father (L)loves Me, (M)because I lay down My life that I may take it again. 18 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.”
19 Therefore (P)there was a division again among the Jews because of these sayings. 20 And many of them said, (Q)“He has a demon and is [c]mad. Why do you listen to Him?”
21 Others said, “These are not the words of one who has a demon. (R)Can a demon (S)open the eyes of the blind?”
The Shepherd Knows His Sheep
22 Now it was the Feast of Dedication in Jerusalem, and it was winter. 23 And Jesus walked in the temple, (T)in Solomon’s porch. 24 Then the Jews surrounded Him and said to Him, “How long do You keep us in [d]doubt? If You are the Christ, tell us plainly.”
25 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. 26 But (W)you do not believe, because you are not of My sheep, [e]as I said to you. 27 (X)My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. 28 And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand. 29 (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. 30 (AA)I and My Father are one.”
Renewed Efforts to Stone Jesus
31 Then (AB)the Jews took up stones again to stone Him. 32 Jesus answered them, “Many good works I have shown you from My Father. For which of those works do you stone Me?”
33 The Jews answered Him, saying, “For a good work we do not stone You, but for (AC)blasphemy, and because You, being a Man, (AD)make Yourself God.”
34 Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your law, (AE)‘I said, “You are gods” ’? 35 If He called them gods, (AF)to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture (AG)cannot be broken), 36 do you say of Him (AH)whom the Father sanctified and (AI)sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ (AJ)because I said, ‘I am (AK)the Son of God’? 37 (AL)If I do not do the works of My Father, do not believe Me; 38 but if I do, though you do not believe Me, (AM)believe the works, that you may know and [f]believe (AN)that the Father is in Me, and I in Him.” 39 (AO)Therefore they sought again to seize Him, but He escaped out of their hand.
The Believers Beyond Jordan
40 And He went away again beyond the Jordan to the place (AP)where John was baptizing at first, and there He stayed. 41 Then many came to Him and said, “John performed no sign, (AQ)but all the things that John spoke about this Man were true.” 42 And many believed in Him there.
Footnotes
- John 10:8 M omits before Me
- John 10:12 hired man
- John 10:20 insane
- John 10:24 Suspense
- John 10:26 NU omits as I said to you
- John 10:38 NU understand
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