John 10:14-24

14 ¹I am the good shepherd. ²I know my own and ³my own know me,

15 ⁴just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and ⁵I lay down my life for the sheep.

16 And ⁶I have other sheep that are not of this fold. ⁷I must bring them also, and ⁸they will listen to my voice. So there will be ⁹one flock, ¹⁰one shepherd.

17 ¹¹For this reason the Father loves me, ¹²because ¹³I lay down my life that I may take it up again.

18 ¹⁴No one takes it from me, but ¹⁵I lay it down ¹⁶of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and ¹⁷I have authority to take it up again. ¹⁸This charge I have received from my Father."

19 ¹⁹There was again a division among the Jews because of these words.

20 Many of them said, ²⁰"He has a demon, and ²¹is insane; why listen to him?"

21 Others said, "These are not the words of one who is oppressed by a demon. ²²Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?"

I and the Father Are One

22 At that time the Feast of Dedication took place at Jerusalem. It was winter,

23 and Jesus was walking in the temple, ²³in the colonnade of Solomon.

24 So the Jews gathered around him and said to him, "How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are ²⁴the Christ, ²⁵tell us plainly."

Cross References

• 1. See ver. 11
• 2. ver. 27; Nahum 1:7; 2 Timothy 2:19
• 3. ver. 4
• 4. See Matthew 11:27
• 5. See ver. 11
• 6. Isaiah 56:8
• 7. [Ezekiel 34:11-13; Matthew 8:11, 12; Ephesians 2:13-18; 1 Peter 2:25]
• 8. John 5:25; John 18:37; [Acts 28:28]
• 9. [John 11:52; John 12:32; John 17:11, 21, 22]
• 10. Ezekiel 34:23; Ezekiel 37:24
• 11. Philippians 2:9; See John 5:20
• 12. Isa. 53:7, 8, 12; Hebrews 2:9
• 13. ver. 11
• 14. [Matthew 26:53]
• 15. [See ver. 17 above]
• 16. [John 5:30]
• 17. John 2:19; [Philippians 2:7]
• 18. John 12:49; John 14:31; John 15:10
• 19. John 7:43; John 9:16
• 20. See John 7:20
• 21. [Mark 3:21]
• 22. [Exodus 4:11; Psalms 146:8]; See John 9:33
• 23. Acts 3:11; Acts 5:12
• 24. John 1:41
• 25. Matthew 26:63; Luke 22:67