John 10

John 10:1

• I
• “I
• “Truly, truly I
• “Truly, truly, I
• Jesus said, “I
• Jesus said: I
• “Very truly, I
• “Very truly I

• tell
• say to
• assure

• you,
• you:
• you the truth: the
• you the truth. The
• you the truth, the
• you, the
• you the solemn

• anyone who
• Anyone who
• he who
• He who
• man who
• truth, the one who

• does

• not
• n’t

• enter the sheep

• pen through the
• pen by the

• gate but
• gate, but
• door, but
• door but

• climbs in some
• climbs up some
• climbs up at some
• climbs in by some

• other

• way,
• way
• way, the
• way? That
• way, that

• is a
• same is a
• person is a

• thief and a
• thief or a

• robber.
• robber;
• robber!
• bandit.

John 10:2

• The one who enters by the
• but he who enters by the
• But he who enters by the
• But the one who enters through the
• The one who enters through the
• The man who enters by the

• door
• gate

• is the
• is

• shepherd of the

• sheep;
• sheep.

John 10:3

• The gatekeeper
• the gatekeeper
• The doorkeeper
• The door-keeper
• The man who guards the
• To him the doorkeeper

• opens the gate for him, and the
• opens, and the
• opens it for him, and the
• opens the gate for him; the
• opens the gate for him. The

• sheep

• hear
• listen to

• his

• voice;
• voice.
• voice; and
• voice, and
• voice of the
• voice as
• voice, as

• He
• he
• shepherd. He

• calls his own sheep by

• name, and
• name and

• leads them out.

John 10:4

• When he
• Whenever he
• He
• After he

• has brought out all
• has brought all
• brings all of
• brings out

• his
• his own

• own,
• sheep,
• sheep out,
• sheep out. Then

• he

• goes
• walks
• goes on
• walks in
• walks on

• ahead of
• front of

• them, and the
• them; and the
• them and
• them; and
• them, and
• them. The

• sheep
• they
• his sheep

• follow

• him, because
• him because

• they know his voice.

John 10:5

• They
• But they

• will
• wo
• will by no

• not
• never
• n’t
• means

• follow a

• stranger;
• stranger.
• stranger; in
• stranger. In

• they
• They
• fact, they

• will run away from

• him, because
• him; because
• him because
• him: for
• him, for
• him; for

• they do

• not
• n’t

• know his voice.”

John 10:6

• Jesus
• This figure of speech Jesus

• told
• used this
• told the
• told this
• spoke this

• them this
• figure of
• people this
• parable to

• them: but
• them, but
• story, but
• story. But
• parable, but
• illustration, but

• they did

• not
• n’t

• understand what he was

• saying to
• telling
• trying to tell

• them.
• them;

John 10:7

• So Jesus said to

• them, “
• them, ‘

• Verily, verily,
• Very truly
• Very truly,

• I

• tell
• say to
• assure

• you—
• you,
• you:
• you the truth.
• you the truth,
• you the truth:
• you the
• you, that
• you that

• I
• truth: I
• truth, I

• am the

• gate for the
• door of the
• Door of the
• Door for the
• door for the
• gate of the

• sheep;
• sheep.
• sheepfold.

John 10:8

• All who came before
• All those who came before
• All the people who came before
• All who ever came before
• All who have come before

• Me
• me
• me,

• are
• were

• thieves and

• robbers. But the
• robbers: but the
• robbers; but the
• robbers, but the
• robbers. The

• sheep did

• not
• n’t

• listen to
• hear

• them.
• them;

John 10:9

• Iam the

• gate; whoever
• gate. Whoever
• door. If

• enters through

• Me
• me
• me,

• will
• he will

• be

• saved and
• saved, and

• will
• shall

• come in and
• come in, and
• come and

• go out, and
• go out and
• go in and out and

• find

• pasture.
• food.

John 10:10

• The thief
• ‘The thief
• A thief

• comes only to

• steal and
• steal, and
• steal,
• steal and to
• steal, and to
• steal, to

• kill, and
• kill and
• kill and to
• kill, and to
• slaughter and

• destroy;
• destroy.
• destroy, but
• destroy. But

• I

• have come so that
• came so that
• have come that
• came that

• they

• may
• might
• could

• have

• life and
• life, and
• life, and may

• have

• it
• it to the
• it in

• abundantly.
• full.
• abundance.
• more abundantly.

John 10:11

• I
• “I

• am the

• good
• Good

• shepherd: the
• shepherd; the
• shepherd. The
• Shepherd. The
• shepherd, and the

• good
• Good

• Shepherd
• shepherd

• lays down
• gives

• his
• His

• life for the sheep.

John 10:12

• The hired
• When the hired
• A hired

• hand, who
• hand
• man who
• man, who

• is

• not a
• not the

• shepherd and
• shepherd, who

• does

• not
• n’t

• own the
• own

• sheep,

• sees the
• sees a

• wolf

• coming and
• coming, and
• coming,

• leaves the
• abandons the

• sheep and runs

• away—and the
• away; so the
• away. So the

• wolf

• attacks the
• snatches the
• seizes

• sheep, and
• sheep and
• flock and
• them and
• them, and

• scatters
• scatters the

• them.
• them—
• flock.
• it.
• sheep;
• sheep.

John 10:13

• The man runs away because he

• is a
• is only a

• hired hand and
• hireling and

• cares
• has no

• nothing for the
• concern for the

• sheep.

John 10:14

• ’I
• ‘I
• “I

• am the

• good
• Good

• shepherd;
• Shepherd.
• shepherd.
• shepherd, and
• Shepherd; and
• shepherd; and

• I know

• my sheep, and
• My sheep and
• my sheep and
• My sheep, and
• My own, and
• my own, and
• my own and
• My own and
• My own sheep, and
• my own sheep, and
• my own sheep and

• My sheep
• my sheep
• My own
• my own
• they

• know

• me -
• me.
• Me,
• me—
• me,
• Me.
• Me—

John 10:15

• just as the father
• just as the Father
• Just as the Father
• As the Father
• as the Father
• even as the Father

• knows

• Me, and
• Me and
• me, and
• me and
• me,
• Me,

• I know the

• father. And
• Father—and
• Father, and
• Father. And
• Father; and
• Father;
• Father.
• Father—and

• I

• lay down
• give
• give up

• my
• My

• life for the sheep.

John 10:16

• ‘I
• “I
• I
• And I

• have other

• sheep, that
• sheep that
• sheep, which
• sheep which

• are

• not of this
• not in this
• not from this

• fold.
• fold;
• sheep pen.
• sheepfold.
• pen.
• flock here.

• I must

• bring
• lead

• them
• them,

• also, and
• also.
• too, and
• too.
• too;

• they
• They

• will

• listen to
• hear

• my
• My

• voice.
• voice; and
• voice, and

• they
• They
• Then there

• will

• be one
• become one

• flock with one
• flock, with one
• flock, and one
• flock and one
• flock, one

• shepherd.
• shepherd.’

John 10:17

• The Father
• “The Father
• Therefore the Father
• “The reason my Father
• The reason my Father
• For this reason the Father
• This is why the Father

• loves

• me, because
• Me because
• Me, because
• me because

• I

• lay down
• give up
• give

• my life in order to take

• it
• it up

• again.
• back again.

John 10:18

• No one takes my life away from

• me.
• me;
• me, but

• I give my own life freely. I

• have the
• have

• authority to
• power to
• right to

• lay
• give

• it
• my

• down, and
• life, and

• I

• have the
• have

• authority to
• power to
• right to

• take
• receive

• it
• it up

• again. This
• back again. This
• back. This

• is what my Father commanded me to

• do.
• do.”

John 10:19

• Again there was a

• division among the
• division again among the

• Jews, because of these
• Jews because of these

• words,
• words.

John 10:20

• Many of
• And many of

• them

• said, ‘
• said: “
• said, “
• were saying, “

• He

• has a
• is possessed by a

• demon, and
• demon and
• demon! He

• is
• is out of
• has
• ’s

• crazy! Why
• mad; why
• mad. Why
• insane! Why
• insane. Why

• do you listen to

• Him?”
• him?”
• Him?
• him?’

John 10:21

• Others
• But others

• said, “These
• said, ‘These
• were saying, “These

• are not the words of one who has a

• demon.
• demon!

• Can a demon

• open the
• give

• eyes of the
• sight to the
• eyes of a

• blind?’
• blind?”
• blind?

John 10:22

• It
• Then
• The time

• was the
• came the
• came for the

• Feast of the
• feast of the
• feast of
• Feast of
• Festival of

• Dedication at
• Dedication in

• Jerusalem. It was

• winter,
• winter.

John 10:23

• and Jesus
• And Jesus
• Jesus

• was walking in the
• was in the
• was walking in that

• temple in
• Temple, in
• temple, in
• Temple in
• temple area in
• temple area, in

• Solomon’s

• porch.
• Porch.
• Porch,
• Colonnade.
• Portico.

John 10:24

• The Jews
• So the Jews
• when the people
• The Jewish leaders
• Then the Jews

• gathered around
• surrounded
• gathered round

• him, and
• Him, and
• Him and
• him and
• Him.
• him.

• asked, “How
• asked: ‘How
• said to him, “How
• said to Him, “How
• They said, “How
• said, ‘How
• said: “How

• long
• much longer

• are

• you
• You

• going to keep

• us in
• us

• suspense? If
• doubt? If
• guessing? If
• wonder about

• you
• You
• you? If you

• are the

• Christ,
• Messiah,

• tell us

• plainly.”
• plainly.’
• plainly!”

John 10:25

• Jesus

• answered them,
• answered them, ‘
• answered them, “
• answered, “
• answered
• replied, “
• replied:

• I
• them, “I

• told
• have told
• did tell

• you and
• you, and
• you, but
• you. But
• you already, but

• you

• do
• did

• not
• n’t

• believe; the
• believe! The
• believe. The
• believe

• works that
• works
• miracles

• I

• do in
• do by
• am doing in

• my
• My

• father
• Father

• ’s

• name,
• name
• name. These
• name, these
• authority

• testify about
• miracles show who
• show who
• speak on
• are
• speak for
• testify to

• me.
• me;
• me,
• Me.
• my behalf;
• my behalf.
• I am.

John 10:26

• but you
• But you

• do

• not
• n’t

• believe, because
• believe because
• believe
• believe, for

• you
• me, because you
• me because you

• are

• not
• not of
• not among

• my
• My

• sheep,
• sheep.
• sheep!
• flock.

John 10:27

• My
• “My

• sheep

• listen to
• hear

• My voice,
• my voice.
• My voice;
• my voice;
• My voice and
• My voice; and
• My voice, and
• my voice, and

• I know

• them and
• them, and
• them.

• they
• They

• follow

• Me;
• me.
• me:
• me;
• me,
• Me.

John 10:28

• I
• and I
• And I

• give them eternal

• life and
• life, and
• life; and
• life;
• life.
• life,

• they
• They

• will
• shall

• never
• not

• perish; no
• perish. No
• perish; and no
• perish, and no
• die. No
• die. And no
• die, and no
• be lost and no
• be lost, and no

• one

• will
• can
• shall

• snatch
• steal
• take

• them out of
• them from
• them

• my
• My
• away from

• hand.
• hand;
• me.
• me,

John 10:29

• My
• What my

• father, who
• Father, who
• Father

• has given them to

• me
• me,
• me, and he

• is

• greater than all; no
• greater than all. No
• greater than all, and no

• one can

• snatch
• steal
• take

• them out of
• them from

• my
• My

• father
• Father

• ’s

• hand.
• hands.
• hands,
• care.

John 10:30

• The Father and
• My Father and

• I

• are one.’
• are one!”
• are one.”
• are One.
• are one.

John 10:31

• The Jews
• Again the Jews
• The Jews again
• Then the Jews

• picked up
• took up
• brought

• stones to
• stones again to
• rocks to
• stones in

• stone
• kill
• throw at

• Him.
• him,
• him.
• him;
• Jesus.

John 10:32

• Jesus
• But Jesus
• but Jesus
• But he
• So Jesus
• so Jesus

• said to
• answered

• them, ’
• them, ‘
• them, “

• I

• have
• ’ve

• shown you many good works from the

• Father; for which of these
• Father. For which of these

• are
• do

• you

• stone
• going to stone
• stoning
• killing
• want to stone

• me?
• Me?”
• me?”
• me?’
• Me for?”
• me for?”

John 10:33

• The Jews answered him, “We

• are
• do
• ’re

• not
• n’t

• stoning
• going to stone
• stone

• You for a
• you for a
• you for any

• good

• work, but for
• work but for

• blasphemy, because
• blasphemy.
• blasphemy;

• you, a
• You, a

• man, are making yourself

• God.”
• God!”
• God.’

John 10:34

• Jesus

• answered
• said to

• them,
• them, “

• Is it not written in your

• Law:
• law:
• law—‘
• Law, ‘
• law, ‘
• Law,
• law,

• I

• said, ‘
• said,
• said “
• said:
• said, “
• have said,
• have said

• you
• You

• are
• are “

• gods.”
• gods’?
• gods’.
• gods?
• gods!’
• gods?’
• gods.’
• gods”’?
• gods?”
• gods”?

John 10:35

• If he
• If He

• called

• them
• them ‘

• gods to whom the
• gods’ to whom the
• gods, to whom the
• gods,’ to whom the

• word of God

• came (and the
• came—and
• came—and the

• Scripture
• scripture

• can
• ca

• not
• n’t

• be

• broken,)
• broken),
• broken—
• annulled—

John 10:36

• Do
• do
• why do
• can

• you say of

• Him whom the
• Him, whom the
• him whom the

• Father

• set apart and
• has consecrated and
• sanctified and
• consecrated and

• sent into the

• world, ‘
• world

• You are blaspheming,’ because I

• said, ‘
• said:
• said, ’
• said ‘
• said, “

• I am the

• Son of
• son of

• God’?
• God.’
• God?’
• God?

John 10:37

• if I
• ‘If I
• If I

• do
• am

• not
• n’t
• not the

• works of
• doing
• do what

• my
• My

• father,
• Father,
• Father
• Father does,
• Father’s works,

• do
• then do

• not
• n’t

• believe

• Me;
• me.
• me;
• Me.

John 10:38

• But if I
• but if I

• do them, though you do

• not
• n’t

• believe
• believe in

• Me,
• me,

• believe the

• works, that
• works: that
• works; that
• works so that
• works, so that
• deeds, so that
• miracles. Then

• you

• may
• will

• know and
• come to know and

• understand that the
• believe that the

• Fatheris in

• Me and
• Me, and
• me, and
• me and
• me and that

• I am in the
• I in the
• I in
• I am in

• Father.
• Father.”
• Father.’
• father.”
• Him.’
• him.’
• Him.”

John 10:39

• Again,
• Again
• Then
• Therefore

• they

• tried to
• sought again to
• wanted to
• tried again to
• were seeking again to
• sought to

• arrest
• seize
• take

• him. But
• him, but
• Him but
• him; but
• Him, but
• Jesus again. But
• Jesus again, but
• him, and
• Him, and
• Jesus, but
• Jesus. But

• He
• he

• escaped from
• eluded
• escaped
• escaped out of

• their

• grasp.
• hands.
• hand.
• clutches.

John 10:40

• He
• And he
• And He
• Then Jesus
• Jesus
• Then he

• went

• back across the
• away again beyond the
• back again across the
• away again across the

• Jordan, to the
• Jordan to the
• Jordan River to the

• place where John

• had been
• first
• was

• baptizing at
• baptized, and

• there he

• stayed
• remained

• there.
• there,

John 10:41

• Many people
• many people
• Many
• And many
• and many people

• came to

• him, and
• Him and
• him and
• Him.
• him. “
• him

• said, ‘
• said, “
• said—‘

• John,
• John

• performed no
• never did a

• sign, but

• everything
• everything that

• John
• he

• said about this
• spoke about this

• Man
• man

• was
• is
• were

• true.”
• true’;
• true!
• true!”
• true;’
• true.’
• true.

John 10:42

• and many
• And many
• Many
• And in that place many
• Many people

• believed in
• believed on

• Him
• him
• Jesus

• there.