John 10

NEW JERUSALEM	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 'In al truth I tel you, anyone who does not enter the sheepfold through the gate, but climbs in someother way, is a thief and a bandit.	1 “Amen, amen, I say to you, he who does not enter through the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbs up by another way, he is a thief and a robber.
2 He who enters through the gate is the shepherd of the flock;	2 But he who enters through the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
3 the gatekeeper lets him in, the sheep hear his voice, one by one he calls his own sheep and leadsthem out.	3 To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name, and he leads them out.
4 When he has brought out al those that are his, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep fol ow becausethey know his voice.	4 And when he has sent out his sheep, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, because they know his voice.
5 They wil never fol ow a stranger, but wil run away from him because they do not recognise the voiceof strangers.'	5 But they do not follow a stranger; instead they flee from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers.”
6 Jesus told them this parable but they failed to understand what he was saying to them.	6 Jesus spoke this proverb to them. But they did not understand what he was saying to them.
7 So Jesus spoke to them again: In all truth I tell you, I am the gate of the sheepfold.	7 Therefore, Jesus spoke to them again: “Amen, amen, I say to you, that I am the door of the sheep.
8 Al who have come before me are thieves and bandits, but the sheep took no notice of them.	8 All others, as many as have come, are thieves and robbers, and the sheep did not listen to them.
9 I am the gate. Anyone who enters through me will be safe: such a one will go in and out and wil findpasture.	9 I am the door. If anyone has entered through me, he will be saved. And he shall go in and go out, and he shall find pastures.
10 The thief comes only to steal and kil and destroy. I have come so that they may have life and have itto the full.	10 The thief does not come, except so that he may steal and slaughter and destroy. I have come so that they may have life, and have it more abundantly.
11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd lays down his life for his sheep.	11 I am the good Shepherd. The good Shepherd gives his life for his sheep.
12 The hired man, since he is not the shepherd and the sheep do not belong to him, abandons thesheep as soon as he sees a wolf coming, and runs away, and then the wolf attacks and scatters the sheep;	12 But the hired hand, and whoever is not a shepherd, to whom the sheep do not belong, he sees the wolf approaching, and he departs from the sheep and flees. And the wolf ravages and scatters the sheep.
13 he runs away because he is only a hired man and has no concern for the sheep.	13 And the hired hand flees, because he is a hired hand and there is no concern for the sheep within him.
14 I am the good shepherd; I know my own and my own know me,	14 I am the good Shepherd, and I know my own, and my own know me,
15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for my sheep.	15 just as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. And I lay down my life for my sheep.
16 And there are other sheep I have that are not of this fold, and I must lead these too. They too willlisten to my voice, and there wil be only one flock, one shepherd.	16 And I have other sheep that are not of this fold, and I must lead them. They shall hear my voice, and there shall be one sheepfold and one shepherd.
17 The Father loves me, because I lay down my life in order to take it up again.	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 from me; I lay it down of my own free wil , and as I have power to lay it down, so Ihave power to take it up again; and this is the command I have received from my Father.	18 No one takes it away from me. Instead, I lay it down of my own accord. And I have the power to lay it down. And I have the power to take it up again. This is the commandment that I have received from my Father.”
19 These words caused a fresh division among the Jews.	19 A dissension occurred again among the Jews because of these words.
20 Many said, 'He is possessed, he is raving; why do you listen to him?'	20 Then many of them were saying: “He has a demon or he is insane. Why do you listen him?”
21 Others said, 'These are not the words of a man possessed by a devil: could a devil open the eyes ofthe blind?'	21 Others were saying: “These are not the words of someone who has a demon. How would a demon be able to open the eyes of the blind?”
22 It was the time of the feast of Dedication in Jerusalem. It was winter,	22 Now it was the Feast of the Dedication at Jerusalem, and it was winter.
23 and Jesus was in the Temple walking up and down in the Portico of Solomon.	23 And Jesus was walking in the temple, in the portico of Solomon.
24 The Jews gathered round him and said, 'How much longer are you going to keep us in suspense? Ifyou are the Christ, tel us openly.'	24 And so the Jews surrounded him and said to him: “How long will you hold our souls in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.”
25 Jesus replied: I have told you, but you do not believe. The works I do in my Father's name are mywitness;	25 Jesus answered them: “I speak to you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in the name of my Father, these offer testimony about me.
26 but you do not believe, because you are no sheep of mine.	26 But you do not believe, because you are not of my sheep.
27 The sheep that belong to me listen to my voice; I know them and they follow me.	27 My sheep hear my voice. And I know them, and they follow me.
28 I give them eternal life; they will never be lost and no one wil ever steal them from my hand.	28 And I give them eternal life, and they shall not perish, for eternity. And no one shall seize them from my hand.
29 The Father, for what he has given me, is greater than anyone, and no one can steal anything fromthe Father's hand.	29 What my Father gave to me is greater than all, and no one is able to seize from the hand of my Father.
30 The Father and I are one.	30 I and the Father are one.”
31 The Jews fetched stones to stone him,	31 Therefore, the Jews took up stones, in order to stone him.
32 so Jesus said to them, 'I have shown you many good works from my Father; for which of these areyou stoning me?'	32 Jesus answered them: “I have shown you many good works from my Father. For which of those works do you stone me?”
33 The Jews answered him, 'We are stoning you, not for doing a good work, but for blasphemy; thoughyou are only a man, you claim to be God.'	33 The Jews answered him: “We do not stone you for a good work, but for blasphemy and because, though you are a man, you make yourself God.”
34 Jesus answered: Is it not written in your Law: I said, you are gods?	34 Jesus responded to them: “Is it not written in your law, ‘I said: you are gods?’
35 So it uses the word 'gods' of those people to whom the word of God was addressed -- and scripturecannot be set aside.	35 If he called those to whom the word of God was given gods, and Scripture cannot be broken,
36 Yet to someone whom the Father has consecrated and sent into the world you say, 'You areblaspheming' because I said, 'I am Son of God.'	36 why do you say, about him whom the Father has sanctified and sent into the world, ‘You have blasphemed,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God?’
37 If I am not doing my Father's work, there is no need to believe me;	37 If I do not do the works of my Father, do not believe in me.
38 but if I am doing it, then even if you refuse to believe in me, at least believe in the work I do; then youwil know for certain that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.	38 But if I do them, even if you are not willing to believe in me, believe the works, so that you may know and believe that the Father is in me, and I am in the Father.”
39 They again wanted to arrest him then, but he eluded their clutches.	39 Therefore, they sought to apprehend him, but he escaped from their hands.
40 He went back again to the far side of the Jordan to the district where John had been baptising at firstand he stayed there.	40 And he went again across the Jordan, to that place where John first was baptizing. And he lodged there.
41 Many people who came to him said, 'John gave no signs, but all he said about this man was true';	41 And many went out to him. And they were saying: “Indeed, John accomplished no signs.
42 and many of them believed in him.	42 But all things whatsoever that John said about this man were true.” And many believed in him.