John 10:1-21

Disciples’ Literal New Testament

10 ¹ Truly, truly, I say to you, the one not entering into the fold of the sheep through the door, but going-up from-another-place— that one is a thief and a robber. ² But the One entering through the door is the shepherd of the sheep. ³ The doorkeeper opens to this One. And the sheep hear^[a] His voice. And He calls His own sheep by name, and leads them out. ⁴ When He brings out all His own, He proceeds in front of them. And the sheep are following Him, because they know His voice. ⁵ But they will never follow a stranger, but will flee from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers”. ⁶ Jesus spoke this figure-of-speech to them, but those ones did not understand what the things were which He was speaking to them.

I Am The Door of The Sheep. All Who Enter Through Me Will Be Saved

⁷ Then Jesus said again, “Truly, truly, I say to you that I am the door of ^[b] 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 through Me, he will be saved. And he will go in and go out, and he will find pasture. ¹⁰ The thief does not come except that he may steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life, and have abundance^[c].

I Am The Good Shepherd. All My Sheep Know Me. I Give My Life For Them

¹¹ “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays-down His life for the sheep. ¹² The one being a hired one and not a shepherd, of whom the sheep are not his own— he sees the wolf coming and leaves^[d] the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them, ¹³ because he is a hired one, and he is not concerned about the sheep. ¹⁴ I am the good shepherd. And I know My sheep, and My sheep know Me— ¹⁵ just as the Father knows Me, and I know the Father. And I lay-down My life for the sheep. ¹⁶ And I have other sheep, which are not of this fold^[e]. I must bring those also. And they^[f] will hear My voice. And they will become one flock, [with] one Shepherd. ¹⁷ For this reason the Father loves Me— because I lay down My life so that I may take it up again. ¹⁸ No one takes it away from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. I received this commandment from My Father”.

The Pharisees Remain Divided

¹⁹ A division again^[g] took place among the Jews because of these words. ²⁰ And many of them were saying, “He has a demon, and He is mad. Why are you listening-to Him?” ²¹ Others^[h] were saying, “These words are not from one being demon-possessed. A demon is not able to open the eyes of blind ones, is he?”