| New Living Translation | NET Bible |
| 1 “I tell you the truth, anyone who sneaks over the wall of a sheepfold, rather than going through the gate, must surely be a thief and a robber! | 1"I tell you the solemn truth, the one who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber. |
| 2 But the one who enters through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. | 2The one who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. |
| 3 The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep recognize his voice and come to him. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. | 3The doorkeeper opens the door for him, and the sheep hear his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. |
| 4 After he has gathered his own flock, he walks ahead of them, and they follow him because they know his voice. | 4When he has brought all his own sheep out, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they recognize his voice. |
| 5 They won’t follow a stranger; they will run from him because they don’t know his voice.” | 5They will never follow a stranger, but will run away from him, because they do not recognize the stranger's voice." |
| 6Those who heard Jesus use this illustration didn’t understand what he meant, | 6Jesus told them this parable, but they did not understand what he was saying to them. |
| 7so he explained it to them: “I tell you the truth, I am the gate for the sheep. | 7So Jesus said to them again, "I tell you the solemn truth, I am the door for the sheep. |
| 8 All who came before me were thieves and robbers. But the true sheep did not listen to them. | 8All who came before me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. |
| 9 Yes, I am the gate. Those who come in through me will be saved. They will come and go freely and will find good pastures. | 9I am the door. If anyone enters through me, he will be saved, and will come in and go out, and find pasture. |
| 10 The thief’s purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life. | 10The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come so that they may have life, and may have it abundantly. |
| 11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd sacrifices his life for the sheep. | 11"I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. |
| 12 A hired hand will run when he sees a wolf coming. He will abandon the sheep because they don’t belong to him and he isn’t their shepherd. And so the wolf attacks them and scatters the flock. | 12The hired hand, who is not a shepherd and does not own sheep, sees the wolf coming and abandons the sheep and runs away. So the wolf attacks the sheep and scatters them. |
| 13 The hired hand runs away because he’s working only for the money and doesn’t really care about the sheep. | 13Because he is a hired hand and is not concerned about the sheep, he runs away. |
| 14 “I am the good shepherd; I know my own sheep, and they know me, | 14"I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me-- |
| 15 just as my Father knows me and I know the Father. So I sacrifice my life for the sheep. | 15just as the Father knows me and I know the Father--and I lay down my life for the sheep. |
| 16 I have other sheep, too, that are not in this sheepfold. I must bring them also. They will listen to my voice, and there will be one flock with one shepherd. | 16I have other sheep that do not come from this sheepfold. I must bring them too, and they will listen to my voice, so that there will be one flock and one shepherd. |
| 17 “The Father loves me because I sacrifice my life so I may take it back again. | 17This is why the Father loves me--because I lay down my life, so that I may take it back again. |
| 18 No one can take my life from me. I sacrifice it voluntarily. For I have the authority to lay it down when I want to and also to take it up again. For this is what my Father has commanded.” | 18No one takes it away from me, but I lay it down of my own free will. I have the authority to lay it down, and I have the authority to take it back again. This commandment I received from my Father." |
| 19When he said these things, the people were again divided in their opinions about him. | 19Another sharp division took place among the Jewish people because of these words. |
| 20Some said, “He’s demon possessed and out of his mind. Why listen to a man like that?” | 20Many of them were saying, "He is possessed by a demon and has lost his mind! Why do you listen to him?" |
| 21Others said, “This doesn’t sound like a man possessed by a demon! Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?” Jesus Claims to Be the Son of God | 21Others said, "These are not the words of someone possessed by a demon. A demon cannot cause the blind to see, can it?" |
| 22It was now winter, and Jesus was in Jerusalem at the time of Hanukkah, the Festival of Dedication. | 22Then came the feast of the Dedication in Jerusalem. |
| 23He was in the Temple, walking through the section known as Solomon’s Colonnade. | 23It was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple area in Solomon's Portico. |
| 24The people surrounded him and asked, “How long are you going to keep us in suspense? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly.” | 24The Jewish leaders surrounded him and asked, "How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly." |
| 25Jesus replied, “I have already told you, and you don’t believe me. The proof is the work I do in my Father’s name. | 25Jesus replied, "I told you and you do not believe. The deeds I do in my Father's name testify about me. |
| 26 But you don’t believe me because you are not my sheep. | 26But you refuse to believe because you are not my sheep. |
| 27 My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. | 27My sheep listen to my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. |
| 28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them away from me, | 28I give them eternal life, and they will never perish; no one will snatch them from my hand. |
| 29 for my Father has given them to me, and he is more powerful than anyone else. No one can snatch them from the Father’s hand. | 29My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one can snatch them from my Father's hand. |
| 30 The Father and I are one.” | 30The Father and I are one." |
| 31Once again the people picked up stones to kill him. | 31The Jewish leaders picked up rocks again to stone him to death. |
| 32Jesus said, “At my Father’s direction I have done many good works. For which one are you going to stone me?” | 32Jesus said to them, "I have shown you many good deeds from the Father. For which one of them are you going to stone me?" |
| 33They replied, “We’re stoning you not for any good work, but for blasphemy! You, a mere man, claim to be God.” | 33The Jewish leaders replied, "We are not going to stone you for a good deed but for blasphemy, because you, a man, are claiming to be God." |
| 34Jesus replied, “It is written in your own Scriptures that God said to certain leaders of the people, ‘I say, you are gods!’ | 34Jesus answered, "Is it not written in your law, 'I said, you are gods'? |
| 35 And you know that the Scriptures cannot be altered. So if those people who received God’s message were called ‘gods,’ | 35If those people to whom the word of God came were called 'gods' (and the scripture cannot be broken), |
| 36 why do you call it blasphemy when I say, ‘I am the Son of God’? After all, the Father set me apart and sent me into the world. | 36do you say about the one whom the Father set apart and sent into the world, 'You are blaspheming,' because I said, 'I am the Son of God'? |
| 37 Don’t believe me unless I carry out my Father’s work. | 37If I do not perform the deeds of my Father, do not believe me. |
| 38 But if I do his work, believe in the evidence of the miraculous works I have done, even if you don’t believe me. Then you will know and understand that the Father is in me, and I am in the Father.” | 38But if I do them, even if you do not believe me, believe the deeds, so that you may come to know and understand that I am in the Father and the Father is in me." |
| 39Once again they tried to arrest him, but he got away and left them. | 39Then they attempted again to seize him, but he escaped their clutches. |
| 40He went beyond the Jordan River near the place where John was first baptizing and stayed there awhile. | 40Jesus went back across the Jordan River again to the place where John had been baptizing at an earlier time, and he stayed there. |
| 41And many followed him. “John didn’t perform miraculous signs,” they remarked to one another, “but everything he said about this man has come true.” | 41Many came to him and began to say, "John performed no miraculous sign, but everything John said about this man was true!" |
| 42And many who were there believed in Jesus. | 42And many believed in Jesus there. |
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