John · American Standard Version (1901)
John 10 American Standard Version (1901)
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1 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
1 Ἀμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, ὁ μὴ εἰσερχόμενος διὰ τῆς θύρας εἰς τὴν αὐλὴν τῶν προβάτων, ἀλλὰ ἀναβαίνων ἀλλαχόθεν, ἐκεῖνος κλέπτης ἐστὶ καὶ λῃστής·
2 But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
2 ὁ δὲ εἰσερχόμενος διὰ τῆς θύρας ποιμήν ἐστι τῶν προβάτων.
3 To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.
3 τούτῳ ὁ θυρωρὸς ἀνοίγει, καὶ τὰ πρόβατα τῆς φωνῆς αὐτοῦ ἀκούει, καὶ τὰ ἴδια πρόβατα καλεῖ κατ᾽ ὄνομα καὶ ἐξάγει αὐτά.
4 When he hath put forth all his own, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.
4 καὶ ὅταν τὰ ἴδια πρόβατα ἐκβάλῃ, ἔμπροσθεν αὐτῶν πορεύεται, καὶ τὰ πρόβατα αὐτῷ ἀκολουθεῖ, ὅτι οἴδασι τὴν φωνὴν αὐτοῦ·
5 And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.
5 ἀλλοτρίῳ δὲ οὐ μὴ ἀκολουθήσωσιν, ἀλλὰ φεύξονται ἀπ᾽ αὐτοῦ, ὅτι οὐκ οἴδασι τῶν ἀλλοτρίων τὴν φωνήν.
6 This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.
6 Ταύτην τὴν παροιμίαν εἶπεν αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς· ἐκεῖνοι δὲ οὐκ ἔγνωσαν τίνα ἦν ἃ ἐλάλει αὐτοῖς.
7 Jesus therefore said unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.
7 Εἶπεν οὖν πάλιν αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς· ἀμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι ἐγώ εἰμι ἡ θύρα τῶν προβάτων.
8 All that came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
8 πάντες ὅσοι ἦλθον πρὸ ἐμοῦ, κλέπται εἰσὶ καὶ λῃσταί· ἀλλ᾽ οὐκ ἤκουσαν αὐτῶν τὰ πρόβατα.
9 I am the door; by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and go out, and shall find pasture.
9 ἐγώ εἰμι ἡ θύρα· δι᾽ ἐμοῦ ἐάν τις εἰσέλθῃ, σωθήσεται, καὶ εἰσελεύσεται καὶ ἐξελεύσεται, καὶ νομὴν εὑρήσει.
10 The thief cometh not, but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I came that they may have life, and may have [it] abundantly.
10 ὁ κλέπτης οὐκ ἔρχεται εἰ μὴ ἵνα κλέψῃ καὶ θύσῃ καὶ ἀπολέσῃ· ἐγὼ ἦλθον ἵνα ζωὴν ἔχωσι καὶ περισσὸν ἔχωσιν.
11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd layeth down his life for the sheep.
11 ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ ποιμὴν ὁ καλός. ὁ ποιμὴν ὁ καλὸς τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ τίθησιν ὑπὲρ τῶν προβάτων·
12 He that is a hireling, and not a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, beholdeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth, and the wolf snatcheth them, and scattereth [them]:
12 ὁ μισθωτὸς δὲ καὶ οὐκ ὢν ποιμήν, οὗ οὐκ εἰσὶ τὰ πρόβατα ἴδια, θεωρεῖ τὸν λύκον ἐρχόμενον καὶ ἀφίησι τὰ πρόβατα καὶ φεύγει· καὶ ὁ λύκος ἁρπάζει αὐτὰ καὶ σκορπίζει τὰ πρόβατα.
13 [he fleeth] because he is a hireling, and careth not for the sheep.
13 ὁ δὲ μισθωτὸς φεύγει, ὅτι μισθωτός ἐστι καὶ οὐ μέλει αὐτῷ περὶ τῶν προβάτων.
14 I am the good shepherd; and I know mine own, and mine own know me,
14 ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ ποιμὴν ὁ καλός, καὶ γινώσκω τὰ ἐμὰ καὶ γινώσκομαι ὑπὸ τῶν ἐμῶν,
15 even as the Father knoweth me, and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.
15 καθὼς γινώσκει με ὁ πατὴρ κἀγὼ γινώσκω τὸν πατέρα, καὶ τὴν ψυχήν μου τίθημι ὑπὲρ τῶν προβάτων.
16 And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and they shall become one flock, one shepherd.
16 καὶ ἄλλα πρόβατα ἔχω, ἃ οὐκ ἔστιν ἐκ τῆς αὐλῆς ταύτης· κἀκεῖνά με δεῖ ἀγαγεῖν, καὶ τῆς φωνῆς μου ἀκούσουσι, καὶ γενήσεται μία ποίμνη, εἷς ποιμήν.
17 Therefore doth the Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.
17 διὰ τοῦτο ὁ πατήρ με ἀγαπᾷ, ὅτι ἐγὼ τίθημι τὴν ψυχήν μου, ἵνα πάλιν λάβω αὐτήν.
18 No one taketh it away from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment received I from my Father.
18 οὐδεὶς αἴρει αὐτὴν ἀπ᾽ ἐμοῦ, ἀλλ᾽ ἐγὼ τίθημι αὐτὴν ἀπ᾽ ἐμαυτοῦ· ἐξουσίαν ἔχω θεῖναι αὐτήν, καὶ ἐξουσίαν ἔχω πάλιν λαβεῖν αὐτήν· ταύτην τὴν ἐντολὴν ἔλαβον παρὰ τοῦ πατρός μου.
19 There arose a division again among the Jews because of these words.
19 Σχίσμα οὖν πάλιν ἐγένετο ἐν τοῖς Ἰουδαίοις διὰ τοὺς λόγους τούτους.
20 And many of them said, He hath a demon, and is mad; why hear ye him?
20 ἔλεγον δὲ πολλοὶ ἐξ αὐτῶν· δαιμόνιον ἔχει καὶ μαίνεται· τί αὐτοῦ ἀκούετε;
21 Others said, These are not the sayings of one possessed with a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?
21 ἄλλοι ἔλεγον· ταῦτα τὰ ῥήματα οὐκ ἔστι δαιμονιζομένου· μὴ δαιμόνιον δύναται τυφλῶν ὀφθαλμοὺς ἀνοίγειν;
22 And it was the feast of the dedication at Jerusalem:
22 Ἐγένετο δὲ τὰ ἐγκαίνια ἐν τοῖς Ἱεροσολύμοις, καὶ χειμὼν ἦν·
23 it was winter; and Jesus was walking in the temple in Solomon’s porch.
23 καὶ περιεπάτει ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ ἐν τῇ στοᾷ τοῦ Σολομῶνος.
24 The Jews therefore came round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou hold us in suspense? If thou art the Christ, tell us plainly.
24 ἐκύκλωσαν οὖν αὐτὸν οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι καὶ ἔλεγον αὐτῷ· ἕως πότε τὴν ψυχὴν ἡμῶν αἴρεις; εἰ σὺ εἶ ὁ Χριστός, εἰπὲ ἡμῖν παρρησίᾳ.
25 Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believe not: the works that I do in my Father’s name, these bear witness of me.
25 ἀπεκρίθη αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς· εἶπον ὑμῖν, καὶ οὐ πιστεύετε· τὰ ἔργα ἃ ἐγὼ ποιῶ ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι τοῦ πατρός μου, ταῦτα μαρτυρεῖ περὶ ἐμοῦ·
26 But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep.
26 ἀλλ᾽ ὑμεῖς οὐ πιστεύετε· οὐ γάρ ἐστε ἐκ τῶν προβάτων τῶν ἐμῶν, καθὼς εἶπον ὑμῖν.
27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
27 τὰ πρόβατα τὰ ἐμὰ τῆς φωνῆς μου ἀκούει, κἀγὼ γινώσκω αὐτά, καὶ ἀκολουθοῦσί μοι,
28 and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand.
28 κἀγὼ ζωὴν αἰώνιον δίδωμι αὐτοῖς, καὶ οὐ μὴ ἀπόλωνται εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, καὶ οὐχ ἁρπάσει τις αὐτὰ ἐκ τῆς χειρός μου.
29 My Father, who hath given [them] unto me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch [them] out of the Father’s hand.
29 ὁ πατήρ μου, ὃς δέδωκέ μοι, μείζων πάντων ἐστί, καὶ οὐδεὶς δύναται ἁρπάζειν ἐκ τῆς χειρὸς τοῦ πατρός μου.
30 I and the Father are one.
30 ἐγὼ καὶ ὁ πατὴρ ἕν ἐσμεν.
31 The Jews took up stones again to stone him.
31 Ἐβάστασαν οὖν πάλιν λίθους οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι ἵνα λιθάσωσιν αὐτόν.
32 Jesus answered them, Many good works have I showed you from the Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?
32 ἀπεκρίθη αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς· πολλὰ καλὰ ἔργα ἔδειξα ὑμῖν ἐκ τοῦ πατρός μου· διὰ ποῖον αὐτῶν ἔργον λιθάζετέ με;
33 The Jews answered him, For a good work we stone thee not, but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.
33 ἀπεκρίθησαν αὐτῷ οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι λέγοντες· περὶ καλοῦ ἔργου οὐ λιθάζομέν σε, ἀλλὰ περὶ βλασφημίας, καὶ ὅτι σὺ ἄνθρωπος ὢν ποιεῖς σεαυτὸν Θεόν.
34 Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?
34 ἀπεκρίθη αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς· οὐκ ἔστι γεγραμμένον ἐν τῷ νόμῳ ὑμῶν, ἐγὼ εἶπα, θεοί ἐστε;
35 If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came (and the scripture cannot be broken),
35 εἰ ἐκείνους εἶπε θεούς, πρὸς οὓς ὁ λόγος τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐγένετο, καὶ οὐ δύναται λυθῆναι ἡ γραφή,
36 say ye of him, whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am [the] Son of God?
36 ὃν ὁ πατὴρ ἡγίασε καὶ ἀπέστειλεν εἰς τὸν κόσμον, ὑμεῖς λέγετε ὅτι βλασφημεῖς, ὅτι εἶπον, υἱὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ εἰμι;
37 If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.
37 εἰ οὐ ποιῶ τὰ ἔργα τοῦ πατρός μου, μὴ πιστεύετέ μοι·
38 But if I do them, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know and understand that the Father is in me, and I in the Father.
38 εἰ δὲ ποιῶ, κἂν ἐμοὶ μὴ πιστεύητε, τοῖς ἔργοις πιστεύσατε, ἵνα γνῶτε καὶ πιστεύσητε ὅτι ἐν ἐμοὶ ὁ πατὴρ κἀγὼ ἐν αὐτῷ.
39 They sought again to take him: and he went forth out of their hand.
39 Ἐζήτουν οὖν πάλιν πιάσαι αὐτόν· καὶ ἐξῆλθεν ἐκ τῆς χειρὸς αὐτῶν.
40 And he went away again beyond the Jordan into the place where John was at the first baptizing; and there he abode.
40 Καὶ ἀπῆλθε πάλιν πέραν τοῦ Ἰορδάνου, εἰς τὸν τόπον ὅπου ἦν Ἰωάννης τὸ πρῶτον βαπτίζων, καὶ ἔμεινεν ἐκεῖ.
41 And many came unto him; and they said, John indeed did no sign: but all things whatsoever John spake of this man were true.
41 καὶ πολλοὶ ἦλθον πρὸς αὐτὸν καὶ ἔλεγον ὅτι Ἰωάννης μὲν σημεῖον ἐποίησεν οὐδέν, πάντα δὲ ὅσα εἶπεν Ἰωάννης περὶ τούτου, ἀληθῆ ἦν.
42 And many believed on him there.
42 καὶ ἐπίστευσαν πολλοὶ ἐκεῖ εἰς αὐτόν.
Cross references (41)
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- 1 Matthew 7:15; John 10:8–10; 1 John 4:1; Romans 16:18; Hebrews 5:4
- 2 John 10:14; Acts 20:28; 1 Peter 5:4; Psalm 23:1; Isaiah 40:11
- 3 Ezekiel 34:11–16; 2 Timothy 2:19; John 10:4; John 10:16; Revelation 3:20
- 4 Deuteronomy 1:30; John 10:16; John 12:26; John 18:37; John 10:8
- 5 1 John 4:5–6; Colossians 2:6–10; Proverbs 19:27; Mark 4:24; 1 Peter 2:1–3
- 6 Isaiah 56:11; Psalm 82:5; Proverbs 28:5; John 16:25; Isaiah 6:9–10
- 7 John 14:6; Ephesians 2:18; John 10:1; John 10:9; Ezekiel 34:31
- 8 Ezekiel 34:2; Jeremiah 23:1; John 10:1; Ezekiel 22:25–28; Isaiah 56:10–12
- 9 John 14:6; Ephesians 2:18; John 10:7; John 10:1; Romans 5:1–2
- 10 Luke 19:10; John 6:51; John 12:47; John 3:17; John 6:33
- 11 Psalm 23:1; John 10:14–15; John 15:13; Revelation 7:17; Isaiah 40:11
- 12 2 Peter 2:3; Acts 20:29; Zechariah 11:16–17; Ezekiel 34:2–6; Matthew 10:16
- 13 Philippians 2:20; John 12:6; Acts 18:17
- 14 John 10:27; 2 Timothy 2:19; John 10:11; Ephesians 1:17; 1 John 5:20
- 15 Galatians 1:4; John 10:11; Matthew 11:27; 1 John 2:2; Isaiah 53:10
- 16 Isaiah 56:8; John 11:52; 1 Peter 2:25; Ezekiel 34:23; Ezekiel 37:24
- 17 John 10:18; John 10:15; John 10:11; Hebrews 2:9; John 15:9–10
- 18 Titus 2:14; Hebrews 2:9; John 10:17; John 2:19–21; Isaiah 53:10–12
- 19 John 9:16; 1 Corinthians 3:3; John 7:40–43; Acts 23:7–10; Acts 14:4
- 20 John 7:20; Mark 3:21; John 8:52; John 8:47–48; Matthew 9:34
- 21 Exodus 4:11; Isaiah 35:5–6; Psalm 94:9; Matthew 11:5; Exodus 8:19
- 23 Acts 5:12; Acts 3:11
- 24 John 1:19; Luke 22:67–70; John 8:53; John 8:25; Matthew 11:3
- 25 John 10:38; John 8:58; Hebrews 2:3; John 5:17–43; John 14:11
- 26 John 8:47; 2 Corinthians 4:3–4; John 12:37–40; John 6:65; John 10:27
- 27 John 10:16; John 10:14; Revelation 3:20; 1 Corinthians 8:3; John 10:3–4
- 28 John 6:39–40; John 6:37; John 3:15–16; Hebrews 7:25; John 18:9
- 29 John 6:37; John 17:2; John 17:9; John 14:28; John 17:6
- 30 John 1:1–2; John 14:9; John 17:21–23; John 5:23; John 8:58
- 31 John 5:18; John 8:59; 1 Samuel 30:6; John 11:8; Exodus 17:4
- 32 Acts 2:22; 1 John 3:12; Ecclesiastes 4:4; John 5:36; Psalm 109:4–5
- 33 John 5:18; John 10:30; Leviticus 24:16; Philippians 2:6; Psalm 82:6
- 34 Psalm 82:6–7; Exodus 7:1; Psalm 82:1; Exodus 4:16; Psalm 138:1
- 35 Matthew 24:35; Romans 13:1; Luke 16:17; Luke 24:44–46; Genesis 15:1
- 36 John 3:17; John 5:17–18; Jeremiah 1:5; John 6:27; John 10:30–33
- 37 John 15:24; John 10:25; John 10:32; John 5:31; Matthew 11:20–24
- 38 John 14:20; John 10:30; John 10:25; John 14:9–11; John 17:21–23
- 39 John 7:30; John 8:59; John 7:44; Luke 4:29–30; John 10:31
- 40 John 1:28; John 11:54; John 7:1; John 3:26
- 41 John 1:33–34; John 1:29–30; John 1:27; Matthew 14:2; Mark 1:37
- 42 John 4:41; John 12:42; John 2:23; John 11:45; John 8:30
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We have heard the Lord Jesus setting forth to us the office of a good shepherd. And herein He hath doubtless given us to know, as we may understand it, that there are good shepherds.
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Our Lord's discourse to the Jews began in connection with the man who was born blind and was restored to sight. Your Charity therefore ought to know and be advised that today's lesson is interwoven with that one.
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A great matter, beloved, a great matter it is to preside over a Church: a matter needing wisdom and courage as great as that of which Christ speaketh, that a man should lay down his life for the sheep, and never leave them deserted or naked; that he should stand against the wolf nobly.
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Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
And not here only, but also in another case again, when they were saying, "For a good work we stone thee not, but for blasphemy, and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God," neither in that instance did He put down this opinion, but again confirmed it, saying, "If I do not the works of my Father, believe …
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