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
Johannes 10
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Bildet om sauene og den gode gjeteren
10 Jesus fortsatte: ”Jeg forsikrer dere at den som ikke går inn gjennom porten til saueflokken, men i stedet sniker seg inn en annen vei, han er en tyv og forbryter. 2 Gjeteren går inn gjennom porten. 3 Portvakten åpner porten for ham, og sauene kjenner stemmen hans. Han vet navnet på hver sau og roper på den enkelte og leder alle ut på beite. 4 Når han har sluppet ut sauene, går han foran, og de følger etter fordi de kjenner stemmen hans igjen. 5 De ville aldri følge en fremmed, men flykte bort, etter som de ikke kjenner stemmen til den ukjente.”
6 De som hørte Jesus fortelle dette bildet, forsto ikke hva han mente. 7 Han forklarte derfor innholdet og sa: ”Jeg forsikrer dere at jeg er porten inn til sauene. 8 Alle som har kommet foran meg, er tyver og forbrytere, men sauene lyttet ikke til dem. 9 Jeg er porten. Den som går inn gjennom meg, han skal bli frelst. Han skal bli en av sauene mine og kan gå inn og ut og finne beite på grønne gressmarker. 10 Tyven kommer bare for å stjele, slakte og ødelegge. Men jeg har kommet for å gi liv, og liv i overflod.
11 Jeg er den gode gjeteren. Den gode gjeteren gir livet sitt for sauene. 12 Den som bare er innleid som tilfeldig avløser, rømmer sin vei når han ser ulven komme. Han forlater sauene, etter som han ikke er deres virkelige gjeter, og sauene ikke er hans. Så angriper ulven sauene og splitter flokken. 13 Den innleide avløseren har ingen omsorg for sauene.
14 Jeg er den gode gjeteren, og jeg kjenner sauene mine. De kjenner meg 15 på samme måten som min Far i himmelen kjenner meg, og jeg kjenner ham. Jeg gir livet mitt for sauene. 16 Jeg har også andre sauer, som ikke hører til denne flokken. Også de skal jeg lede, og de skal høre stemmen min. Da skal det bli en saueflokk og en gjeter.
17 Min Far i himmelen elsker meg, derfor gir jeg livet mitt for seinere å ta det tilbake. 18 Ingen kan ta livet mitt fra meg, men jeg gir det frivillig. Jeg har rett til å gi livet mitt når jeg vil, og jeg har makt til å ta det tilbake. Det er det oppdraget jeg har fått av min Far i himmelen.”
19 Da han sa dette, begynte folket mer enn noen gang å diskutere med hverandre. 20 Mange sa: ”Han er besatt av en ond Ånd og fullstendig sinnssyk. Hva tjener det til å høre mer på ham?” 21 Andre sa: ”Nei, slik taler ikke den som er besatt av en ond Ånd. Kan en ond Ånd virkelig helbrede dem som er blinde?”
De religiøse lederne nekter å tro på Jesus
22 På denne tiden startet festen som blir feiret til minne om innvielsen av templet[a] i Jerusalem. Det var vinter. 23 Jesus spaserte rundt i den delen av templet som ble kalt Salomos buegang. 24 De religiøse lederne omringet ham og spurte: ”Hvor lenge til vil du holde oss i spenning? Dersom du er Messias, den lovede kongen, da si det åpent ut.”
25 Jesus svarte: ”Jeg har allerede snakket om dette med dere, men dere vil ikke tro det jeg sier. De miraklene min Far i himmelen har sendt meg for å gjøre, beviser hvem jeg er. 26 Dere tror meg ikke, etter som dere ikke hører til saueflokken min. 27 Mine sauer kjenner stemmen min, og jeg kjenner sauene, og de følger meg. 28 Jeg gir hver enkelt evig liv, og de skal aldri noen gang gå fortapt. Ingen skal ta dem fra meg. 29 Min Far i himmelen har gitt dem til meg. Han har større makt enn noen andre, derfor kan ingen ta dem fra meg. 30 Jeg og min Far i himmelen er ett.”
31 Da tok de religiøse lederne på nytt opp steiner for å kaste på ham. 32 Jesus sa: ”Dere har sett mange mirakler som min Far i himmelen har sagt at jeg skal gjøre. For hvilket av disse miraklene tenker dere å steine meg?”
33 De svarte: ”Det er ikke for noen mirakler vi vil steine deg, men fordi du spotter. Du, som er et vanlig menneske, påstår at du er Gud.”
34 Da sa Jesus: ”Står det ikke i deres egen lov[b] at Gud sa: ’Jeg sier at dere er guder[c]’? 35 Skriften[d], som ikke kan bli satt ut av kraft, kaller menneskene som fikk ta imot Guds budskap, for guder. 36 Hvorfor kaller dere det da for spott når jeg sier: ’Jeg er Guds sønn’. Er jeg ikke den som min Far i himmelen har sendt til verden med en unik oppgave? 37 Dersom jeg ikke gjør de miraklene som min Far i himmelen vil at jeg skal gjøre, da trenger dere ikke å tro på meg. 38 Men dersom jeg gjør miraklene, da må dere i det minste tro på miraklene, selv om dere ikke vil tro på meg. Da vil dere snart bli overbevist om at min Far i himmelen er i meg og jeg i ham.”
39 Igjen forsøkte de å fange ham, men han klarte å komme seg unna. 40 Jesus gikk enda en gang av sted til plassen på den andre siden Jordan, der døperen Johannes først hadde døpt. Der oppholdt han seg en stund. 41 Det var mange mennesker som kom etter ham. De sa til hverandre: ”Johannes gjorde ingen mirakler, men alt han sa om Jesus var sant.” 42 Mange begynte å tro at Jesus var sendt av Gud.
Footnotes
- 10:22 Festen var til minne om gjeninnvielsen av templet 165 f.Kr. Dette hadde før vært i hendene på fiender i en lengre tid.
- 10:34 Jesus siktet til Moseloven, eller den jødiske loven, som finnes skrevet ned i Første til Femte Mosebok.
- 10:34 Det ordet som både på gresk og norsk er oversatt med ”guder”, er det hebraiske ”elohim”. Det kan bety Gud, men også guder, lik guder, engel, ledere, Guds eiendom eller noe lignende. Blant Israels folk kunne de før i tiden kalle en konge eller en ledere for ”gud” eller ”Guds sønn”, etter som han tjente Gud. Se Salmenes bok 82:6.
- 10:35 ”Skriften” for jødene er Bibelens første del, den som vi kaller Det gamle testamente.
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
John 10
King James Version
10 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
2 But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
3 To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.
4 And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.
5 And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.
6 This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.
7 Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.
8 All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
12 But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.
13 The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.
14 I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.
15 As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.
16 And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.
17 Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.
18 No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.
19 There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings.
20 And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him?
21 Others said, These are not the words of him that hath a devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind?
22 And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter.
23 And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch.
24 Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly.
25 Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.
26 But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.
27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
29 My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.
30 I and my Father are one.
31 Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.
32 Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?
33 The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.
34 Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?
35 If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;
36 Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?
37 If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.
38 But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.
39 Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand,
40 And went away again beyond Jordan into the place where John at first baptized; and there he abode.
41 And many resorted unto him, and said, John did no miracle: but all things that John spake of this man were true.
42 And many believed on him there.
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