John 9:35-10:21
New American Standard Bible
Jesus Affirms His Deity
35 Jesus heard that they had [a](A)put him out, and upon finding him, He said, “Do you believe in the (B)Son of Man?” 36 He answered [b]by saying, “And (C)who is He, [c]Sir, that I may believe in Him?” 37 Jesus said to him, “You have both seen Him, and (D)He is the one who is talking with you.” 38 And he said, “I believe, Lord.” And he (E)worshiped Him. 39 And Jesus said, “(F)For judgment I came into this world, so that (G)those who do not see may see, and (H)those who see may become blind.” 40 Those who were with Him from the Pharisees heard these things and said to Him, “(I)We are not blind too, are we?” 41 Jesus said to them, “(J)If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now that you maintain, ‘(K)We see,’ your sin remains.
Parable of the Good Shepherd
10 “Truly, truly I say to you, the one who does not enter by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbs up some other way, he is (L)a thief and a robber. 2 But the one who enters by the door is (M)a shepherd of the sheep. 3 To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep listen to (N)his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and (O)leads them out. 4 When he puts all his own sheep outside, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they know (P)his voice. 5 However, a stranger they simply will not follow, but will flee from him, because they do not know (Q)the voice of strangers.” 6 Jesus told them this (R)figure of speech, but they did not understand what the things which He was saying to them [d]meant.
7 So Jesus said to them again, “Truly, truly I say to you, I am (S)the door of the sheep. 8 All those who came before Me are (T)thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. 9 (U)I am the door; if anyone enters through Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. 10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came so that they (V)would have life, and [e]have it abundantly.
11 “(W)I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd (X)lays down His life for the sheep. 12 He who is a hired hand, and not a (Y)shepherd, who is not the owner of the sheep, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf snatches them and scatters the flock. 13 He flees because he is a hired hand and does not care about the sheep. 14 (Z)I am the good shepherd, and (AA)I know My own, and My own know Me, 15 just as (AB)the Father knows Me and I know the Father; and (AC)I lay down My life for the sheep. 16 And I have (AD)other sheep that are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will listen to My voice; and they will become (AE)one flock, with (AF)one shepherd. 17 For this reason the Father loves Me, because I (AG)lay down My life so that I may take it back. 18 (AH)No one has taken it away from Me, but I (AI)lay it down on My own. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it back. (AJ)This commandment I received from My Father.”
19 (AK)Dissension occurred again among the Jews because of these words. 20 Many of them were saying, “He (AL)has a demon and (AM)is insane. Why do you listen to Him?” 21 Others were saying, “These are not the words of one who is (AN)demon-possessed. (AO)A demon cannot open the eyes of those who are blind, can it?”
Footnotes
- John 9:35 See note v 34
- John 9:36 Lit and said
- John 9:36 Or Lord
- John 10:6 Lit were
- John 10:10 Or have abundance
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