Douay Bible - John Chapter 10

John 10:1
AMEN, Amen I say to you: He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up another way, the same is a thief and a robber.

John 10:2
But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

John 10:3
To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.

John 10:4
And when he hath let out his own sheep, he goeth before them: and the sheep follow him, because they know his voice.

John 10:5
But a stranger they follow not, but fly from him, because they know not the voice of strangers.

John 10:6
This proverb Jesus spoke to them. But they understood not what he spoke to them.

John 10:7
Jesus therefore said to them again: Amen, amen I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.

John 10:8
All others, as many as have come, are thieves and robbers: and the sheep heard them not.

John 10:9
I am the door. By me, if any man enter in, he shall be saved: and he shall go in, and go out, and shall find pastures.

John 10:10
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I am come that they may have life, and may have it more abundantly.

John 10:11
I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd giveth his life for his sheep.

John 10:12
But the hireling, and he that is not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and flieth: and the wolf catcheth, and scattereth the sheep:

John 10:13
And the hireling flieth, because he is a hireling: and he hath no care for the sheep.

John 10:14
I am the good shepherd; and I know mine, and mine know me.

John 10:15
As the father knoweth me, and I know the Father: and I lay down my life for my sheep.

John 10:16
And other sheep I have, that are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice, and there shall be one fold and one shepherd.

John 10:17
Therefore doth the Father love me: because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.

John 10:18
No man taketh it away from me: but I lay it down of myself, and I have power to lay it down: and I have power to take it up again. This commandment have I received of my Father.

John 10:19
A dissension rose again among the Jews for these words.

John 10:20
And many of them said: He hath a devil, and is mad: why hear you him?

John 10:21
Others said: These are not the words of one that hath a devil: Can a devil open the eyes of the blind?

John 10:22
And it was the feast of the dedication at Jerusalem: and it was winter.

John 10:23
And Jesus walked in the temple, in Solomon’s porch.

John 10:24
The Jews therefore came round about him, and said to him: How long dost thou hold our souls in suspense? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly.

John 10:25
Jesus answered them: I speak to you, and you believe not: the works that I do in the name of my Father, they give testimony of me.

John 10:26
But you do not believe, because you are not of my sheep.

John 10:27
My sheep hear my voice: and I know them, and they follow me.

John 10:28
And I give them life everlasting; and they shall not perish for ever, and no man shall pluck them out of my hand.

John 10:29
That which my Father hath given me, is greater than all: and no one can snatch them out of the hand of my Father.

John 10:30
I and the Father are one.

John 10:31
The Jews then took up stones to stone him.

John 10:32
Jesus answered them: Many good works I have shewed you from my Father; for which of these works do you stone me?

John 10:33
The Jews answered him: For a good work we stone thee not, but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, maketh thyself God.

John 10:34
Jesus answered them: Is it not written in your law: I said you are gods?

John 10:35
If he called them gods, to whom to word of God was spoken, and the scripture cannot be broken;

John 10:36
Do you say of him whom the Father hath sanctified and sent into the world: Thou blasphemest, because I said, I am the Son of God?

John 10:37
If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.

John 10:38
But if I do, though you will not believe me, believe the works: that you may know and believe that the Father is in me, and I in the Father.

John 10:39
They sought therefore to take him; and he escaped out of their hands.

John 10:40
And he went again beyond the Jordan, into that place where John was baptizing first; and there he abode.

John 10:41
And many resorted to him, and they said: John indeed did no sign.

John 10:42
But all things whatsoever John said of this man, were true. And many believed in him.