John 10:22-39

Modern English Version

Jesus Rejected by the Jews

²² The Feast of the Dedication^[a] was at Jerusalem, and it was winter. ²³ Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon’s Porch. ²⁴ Then the Jews surrounded Him, saying, “How long will You keep us in suspense? If You are the Christ, tell us plainly.”

²⁵ Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you did not believe. The works that I do in My Father’s name bear witness of Me. ²⁶ But you do not believe, because you are not of My sheep, as I said to you. ²⁷ My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. ²⁸ I give them eternal life. They shall never perish, nor shall anyone snatch them from My hand. ²⁹ My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all. No one is able to snatch them from My Father’s hand. ³⁰ My Father and I are one.”

³¹ Again the Jews took up stones to stone Him. ³² Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from My Father. For which of those works do you stone Me?”

³³ The Jews answered Him, “We are not stoning You for a good work, but for blasphemy, and because You, being a Man, claim to be God.”

³⁴ Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your law, ‘I said, “You are gods”^[b]’? ³⁵ If He called them ‘gods,’ to whom the word of God came, and the Scripture cannot be broken, ³⁶ do you say of Him, whom the Father has sanctified and sent into the world, ‘You blaspheme,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’? ³⁷ If I am not doing the works of My Father, do not believe Me. ³⁸ But if I do them, though you do not believe Me, believe the works, that you may know and believe that the Father is in Me, and I in Him.” ³⁹ Again they tried to seize Him, but He escaped from their hands.