John 10
Christian Standard Bible
The Good Shepherd
10 “Truly I tell you, anyone who doesn’t enter the sheep pen by the gate but climbs in some other way is a thief and a robber.(A) 2 The one who enters by the gate is the shepherd(B) of the sheep.(C) 3 The gatekeeper opens it for him, and the sheep hear his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 4 When he has brought all his own outside, he goes ahead of them. The sheep follow him because they know his voice. 5 They will never follow a stranger; instead they will run away from him, because they don’t know the voice of strangers.” 6 Jesus gave them this figure of speech, but they did not understand(D) what he was telling them.
7 Jesus said again, “Truly I tell you, I am(E) the gate for the sheep.(F) 8 All who came before me[a] are thieves and robbers, but the sheep didn’t listen to them. 9 I am the gate. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will come in and go out and find pasture. 10 A thief comes only to steal(G) and kill and destroy.(H) I have come so that they may have life and have it in abundance.
11 “I am the good shepherd.(I) The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.(J) 12 The hired hand, since he is not the shepherd and doesn’t own the sheep, leaves them[b] and runs away when he sees a wolf(K) coming. The wolf then snatches and scatters them. 13 This happens because he is a hired hand and doesn’t care about the sheep.
14 “I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and my own know me, 15 just as the Father knows me, and I know the Father.(L) I lay down my life(M) for the sheep. 16 But I have other sheep(N) that are not from this sheep pen; I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. Then there will be one flock, one shepherd.(O) 17 This is why the Father loves me,(P) because I lay down my life(Q) so that I may take it up again. 18 No one takes it from me, but I lay it down on my own. I have the right to lay it down, and I have the right to take it up again. I have received this command from my Father.”(R)
19 Again the Jews were divided(S) because of these words. 20 Many of them were saying, “He has a demon(T) and he’s crazy. Why do you listen to him?” 21 Others were saying, “These aren’t the words of someone who is demon-possessed. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?” (U)
Jesus at the Festival of Dedication
22 Then the Festival of Dedication took place in Jerusalem, and it was winter. 23 Jesus was walking in the temple in Solomon’s Colonnade.(V) 24 The Jews surrounded him and asked, “How long are you going to keep us in suspense?[c] If you are the Messiah,(W) tell us plainly.”[d](X)
25 “I did tell you and you don’t believe,” Jesus answered them. “The works(Y) that I do in my Father’s name testify about me. 26 But you don’t believe because you are not of my sheep.[e](Z) 27 My sheep hear my voice, I know them, and they follow me. 28 I give them eternal life,(AA) and they will never perish.(AB) No one will snatch(AC) them out of my hand. 29 My Father,(AD) who has given them to me, is greater than all. No one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand. 30 I and the Father are one.”(AE)
Renewed Efforts to Stone Jesus
31 Again the Jews picked up rocks to stone him.(AF)
32 Jesus replied, “I have shown you many good works(AG) from the Father. For which of these works are you stoning me?”
33 “We aren’t stoning(AH) you for a good work,” the Jews answered, “but for blasphemy, because you—being a man—make yourself God.”
34 Jesus answered them, “Isn’t it written in your law,[f] I said, you are gods?[g](AI) 35 If he called those to whom the word(AJ) of God came ‘gods’—and the Scripture(AK) cannot be broken— 36 do you say, ‘You are blaspheming’ to the one the Father set apart and sent into the world, because I said: I am the Son of God?(AL) 37 If I am not doing my Father’s works,(AM) don’t believe me. 38 But if I am doing them and you don’t believe me, believe the works. This way you will know and understand[h] that the Father is in me and I in the Father.”(AN) 39 Then they were trying again to seize him,(AO) but he escaped their grasp.(AP)
Many beyond the Jordan Believe in Jesus
40 So he departed again across the Jordan(AQ) to the place where John(AR) had been baptizing earlier, and he remained there. 41 Many came to him(AS) and said, “John never did a sign, but everything John said about this man was true.” 42 And many believed in him there.
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Johannes 10
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Farisæerne beskrives som tyve og røvere
10 Jesus fortsatte med at tale til farisæerne: „Det siger jeg jer: Enhver, som ikke går ind ad døren til fårefolden, men sniger sig ind på anden måde, er en tyv eller røver. 2 Fårenes rigtige hyrde kommer altid hen til døren, 3 og det er ham, dørvogteren lukker op for. Fårene kender hans stemme. Han kalder sine får ved navn og fører dem ud på græs. 4 Når han har lukket alle sine får ud, går han foran dem, og fårene følger ham, fordi de kender hans stemme. 5 Men de vil ikke følge efter en fremmed. Tværtimod, de vil flygte fra ham, fordi de ikke kender hans stemme.”
6 Jesus brugte det billede på farisæerne, men de forstod ikke, hvad han mente.
7 Derfor prøvede han at forklare det nærmere: „Det siger jeg jer: Jeg er døren til fårefolden. 8 Fårene har ikke lyttet til de ‚hyrder’, som er kommet før mig, for de er tyve og røvere.
9 Jeg er døren. De, der kommer ind i folden gennem mig, skal få det evige liv. De vil gå ud for at finde føde, og de vil komme hjem igen. 10 Tyven kommer kun for at stjæle, slagte og ødelægge, men jeg er kommet, for at de skal have liv, ja overflod af liv.”
Den gode hyrde ofrer sit liv for fårene
11 Jesus fortsatte: „Jeg er den gode hyrde. Den gode hyrde vover sit liv for at redde fårene. 12-13 Men en, som er ansat til at vogte får, og altså ikke er fårenes ejer, han er ligeglad med, hvordan det går med fårene, for han tænker kun på at hytte sit eget skind. Når han ser ulven nærme sig, lader han fårene i stikken og flygter. Så går ulven til angreb og spreder fårene for alle vinde.
14 Jeg er den gode hyrde. Jeg kender mine får, og de kender mig, 15 ligesom Faderen kender mig, og jeg kender ham. Og jeg vil ofre mit liv for at redde fårene.
16 Jeg har andre får, som ikke hører til i denne fold. Dem skal jeg også være hyrde for, og de vil adlyde mig. Alle fårene skal samles, så der bliver én hjord og én hyrde.
17-18 Faderen elsker mig, fordi jeg adlyder den befaling, han har givet mig: at jeg skal ofre mit liv og siden få det igen. Ingen kan tage mit liv, men jeg ofrer det af egen fri vilje. Jeg har autoritet til at ofre mit liv, og jeg har autoritet til at tage det tilbage.”
19 Disse ord førte igen til uenighed blandt de jødiske ledere. 20 Mange sagde: „Han er besat, han er gal! Hvorfor hører I på ham?” 21 Andre sagde: „Sådan taler en besat ikke. Kan onde ånder give blinde deres syn igen?”
De jødiske ledere forkaster Jesus som Messias
22-23 Det blev vinter, og Jesus var igen på besøg i Jerusalem, denne gang under Hanukka[a] festen. Han gik omkring i den del af templet, som kaldes Salomons søjlegang. 24 De jødiske ledere omringede ham og spurgte: „Hvor længe vil du holde os hen i uvished? Er du Messias, så sig det ligeud!”
25 Jesus svarede: „Det har jeg allerede gjort, men I ville ikke tro mig. De undere, jeg gør i min Fars navn, er bevis nok. 26 Men I tror mig ikke, fordi I ikke hører til blandt mine får. 27 Mine får adlyder min stemme. Jeg kender dem, og de følger mig. 28 Jeg giver dem evigt liv, og de skal aldrig gå fortabt. Ingen kan rive dem ud af min hånd. 29 Min Far, som har givet mig dem, har større magt end nogen anden, og ingen kan rive dem ud af min Fars hånd. 30 Jeg og Faderen, vi er ét.”
31 Da begyndte de igen at samle sten op for at slå ham ihjel. 32 Men han sagde: „Jeg har udført mange gode gerninger, som min Far har bedt mig om at gøre. Hvilken af dem er det, I vil stene mig for?”
33 „Du skal ikke stenes for nogen god gerning,” svarede de. „Men du skal dø, fordi du håner Gud. Du er kun et menneske, men du gør dig til ét med Gud!”
34 „Står der ikke i Skriften: ‚Jeg har kaldt jer guder’?[b]” spurgte Jesus. 35 „Hvis altså Skriften, som ikke kan annulleres, kalder de mennesker ‚guder’, som Gud havde indsat til at gøre hans vilje, 36 hvordan kan I så anklage mig, som Faderen har indsat og sendt til verden, og sige, at jeg håner Gud, fordi jeg siger, at jeg er Guds Søn? 37 Hvis det ikke var min Fars gerninger, jeg gjorde, så skulle I ikke tro mig. 38 Men når jeg nu gør hans gerninger, så tro i det mindste for gerningernes skyld, så I må kunne forstå og komme til den erkendelse, at Faderen er i mig og jeg er i ham.”
39 De forsøgte derefter at fange ham, men han slap fra dem.
Mange almindelige mennesker kommer til tro på Jesus som Messias
40 Jesus tog nu igen over til området øst for Jordanfloden, til det sted, hvor Johannes tidligere havde døbt. Der opholdt han sig et godt stykke tid, 41 og mange mennesker flokkedes om ham. De sagde til hinanden: „Johannes udførte ganske vist ingen undere, men alt, hvad han sagde om denne mand, var sandt.” 42 Og mange af dem kom til tro på Jesus.
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John 10
New International Version
The Good Shepherd and His Sheep
10 “Very truly I tell you Pharisees, anyone who does not enter the sheep pen by the gate, but climbs in by some other way, is a thief and a robber.(A) 2 The one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.(B) 3 The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice.(C) He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.(D) 4 When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice.(E) 5 But they will never follow a stranger; in fact, they will run away from him because they do not recognize a stranger’s voice.” 6 Jesus used this figure of speech,(F) but the Pharisees did not understand what he was telling them.(G)
7 Therefore Jesus said again, “Very truly I tell you, I am(H) the gate(I) for the sheep. 8 All who have come before me(J) are thieves and robbers,(K) but the sheep have not listened to them. 9 I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved.[a] They will come in and go out, and find pasture. 10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life,(L) and have it to the full.(M)
11 “I am(N) the good shepherd.(O) The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.(P) 12 The hired hand is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep. So when he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away.(Q) Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters it. 13 The man runs away because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep.
14 “I am the good shepherd;(R) I know my sheep(S) and my sheep know me— 15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father(T)—and I lay down my life for the sheep.(U) 16 I have other sheep(V) that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock(W) and one shepherd.(X) 17 The reason my Father loves me is that I lay down my life(Y)—only to take it up again. 18 No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord.(Z) I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This command I received from my Father.”(AA)
19 The Jews who heard these words were again divided.(AB) 20 Many of them said, “He is demon-possessed(AC) and raving mad.(AD) Why listen to him?”
21 But others said, “These are not the sayings of a man possessed by a demon.(AE) Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”(AF)
Further Conflict Over Jesus’ Claims
22 Then came the Festival of Dedication[b] at Jerusalem. It was winter, 23 and Jesus was in the temple courts walking in Solomon’s Colonnade.(AG) 24 The Jews(AH) who were there gathered around him, saying, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly.”(AI)
25 Jesus answered, “I did tell you,(AJ) but you do not believe. The works I do in my Father’s name testify about me,(AK) 26 but you do not believe because you are not my sheep.(AL) 27 My sheep listen to my voice; I know them,(AM) and they follow me.(AN) 28 I give them eternal life,(AO) and they shall never perish;(AP) no one will snatch them out of my hand.(AQ) 29 My Father, who has given them to me,(AR) is greater than all[c];(AS) no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand. 30 I and the Father are one.”(AT)
31 Again his Jewish opponents picked up stones to stone him,(AU) 32 but Jesus said to them, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these do you stone me?”
33 “We are not stoning you for any good work,” they replied, “but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, claim to be God.”(AV)
34 Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your Law,(AW) ‘I have said you are “gods”’[d]?(AX) 35 If he called them ‘gods,’ to whom the word of God(AY) came—and Scripture cannot be set aside(AZ)— 36 what about the one whom the Father set apart(BA) as his very own(BB) and sent into the world?(BC) Why then do you accuse me of blasphemy because I said, ‘I am God’s Son’?(BD) 37 Do not believe me unless I do the works of my Father.(BE) 38 But if I do them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me, and I in the Father.”(BF) 39 Again they tried to seize him,(BG) but he escaped their grasp.(BH)
40 Then Jesus went back across the Jordan(BI) to the place where John had been baptizing in the early days. There he stayed, 41 and many people came to him. They said, “Though John never performed a sign,(BJ) all that John said about this man was true.”(BK) 42 And in that place many believed in Jesus.(BL)
Footnotes
- John 10:9 Or kept safe
- John 10:22 That is, Hanukkah
- John 10:29 Many early manuscripts What my Father has given me is greater than all
- John 10:34 Psalm 82:6
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