CHAPTER 10
“Truly,
truly,
I tell
you,
whoever
does not enter
the
sheepfold
by
the
gate,
but
climbs in
some other way,
is
a thief
and
a robber.
The
gatekeeper
opens the gate
for him,
and
the
sheep
listen for
his
voice.
He calls
his
own
sheep
by
name
and
leads them out.
When
he has brought out
all
his
own,
he goes on
ahead of
them,
and
his
sheep
follow
him
because
they know
his
voice.
But
they will never follow
a stranger;
in fact,
they will flee
from
him
because
they do not recognize
his voice.”
Jesus
spoke
to them using
this
illustration,
but
they
did not
understand
what
He was telling
them.
I
am
the
gate.
If
anyone
enters
through
Me,
he will be saved.
He will come in
and
go out
and
find
pasture.
The
thief
comes
only
to
steal
and
kill
and
destroy.
I
have come
that
they may have
life,
and
have it
in all its fullness.
The
hired hand
is
not
the shepherd,
and the
sheep
are
not
his
own.
When he sees
the
wolf
coming,
he
abandons
the
sheep
and
runs away.
Then
the
wolf
pounces
on them
and
scatters the flock.
I have
other
sheep
that
are
not
of
this
fold.
I
must
bring
them in as well,
and
they will listen to
My
voice.
Then
there will be
one
flock
and one
shepherd.
No one
takes
it
from
Me,
but
I
lay it down
of
My own accord.
I have
authority
to lay it down
and
authority
to take it up
again.
This
charge
I have received
from
My
Father."
But others
replied,
“These
are
not
the
words
of a man possessed by a demon.
Can
a demon
open
the eyes
of the blind?”
So
the
Jews
gathered around
Him
and
demanded,
“How long
will You keep us in suspense?
If
You
are
the
Christ,
tell
us
plainly.”
“I already told
you,”
Jesus
replied,
“but
you did not believe.
The
works
I
do
in
My
Father’s
name
testify
on My behalf.
My
Father
who
has given them
to Me
is
greater
than all.
No one
can
snatch them
out of
My
Father’s
hand.
But Jesus
responded,
“I have shown
you
many
good
works
from
the
Father.
For
which
of these
do you stone
Me?”
“We are not stoning
You
for
any good
work,”
said
the
Jews,
“but
for
blasphemy,
because
You,
who are
a man,
declare Yourself to be
God.”
then what about the One whom
the
Father
sanctified
and
sent
into
the
world?
How then
can you
accuse Me
of blasphemy
for
stating that
I am
the Son
of God?
But
if
I am doing them,
even though
you do not believe
Me,
believe
the
works themselves,
so that
you may know
and
understand
that
the
Father
is in
Me,
and I
am in
the
Father."
Then
Jesus went
back
across
the
Jordan
to
the
place
where
John
had
first
been baptizing,
and
He stayed
there.
Many
came
to
Him
and
said,
“Although
John
never
performed
a sign,
everything
he
said
about
this man
was
true.”