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John 10
Berean Standard Bible · Westminster Leningrad Codex
“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.
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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.
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When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice.
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But they will never follow a stranger; in fact, they will flee from him because they do not recognize his voice.”
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Jesus spoke to them using this illustration, but they did not understand what He was telling them.
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All who came before Me (note: BYZ All who came) were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.
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I am the gate. If anyone enters through Me, he will be saved. He will come in and go out and find pasture.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.”
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But others replied, “These are not the words of a man possessed by a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”
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At that time the Feast of Dedication (note: That is, Hanukkah, the historic celebration of the Maccabean Revolt and rededication of the temple) took place in Jerusalem. It was winter,
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So the Jews gathered around Him and demanded, “How long will You keep us in suspense? If You are the Christ, tell us plainly.”
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“I already told you,” Jesus replied, “but you did not believe. The works I do in My Father’s name testify on My behalf.
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I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.
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My Father who has given them to Me is greater than all. No one can snatch them out of My Father’s hand.
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But Jesus responded, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these do you stone Me?”
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“We are not stoning You for any good work,” said the Jews, “but for blasphemy, because You, who are a man, make Yourself out to be God.”
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Jesus replied, “Is it not written in your Law: ‘I have said you are gods (note: Psalm 82:6)’?
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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?
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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.”
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Then Jesus went back across the Jordan to the place where John had first been baptizing, and He stayed there.
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Many came to Him and said, “Although John never performed a sign, everything he said about this man was true.”
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