John 10:13-23

13 "He flees because he is a hired hand and is not concerned about the sheep.

14 "¹I am the good shepherd, and ²I know My own and My own know Me,

15 even as ³the Father knows Me and I know the Father; and ⁴I lay down My life for the sheep.

16 "I have ⁵other sheep, which are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will hear My voice; and they will become ⁶one flock with ⁷one shepherd.

17 "For this reason the Father loves Me, because I ⁸lay down My life so that I may take it again.

18 "⁹No one has taken it away from Me, but I ¹⁰lay it down on My own initiative. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. ¹¹This commandment I received from My Father."

19 ¹²A division occurred again among the Jews because of these words.

20 Many of them were saying, "He ¹³has a demon and ¹⁴is insane. Why do you listen to Him?"

21 Others were saying, "These are not the sayings of one ¹⁵demon-possessed. ¹⁶A demon cannot * open the eyes of the blind, can he?"

Jesus Asserts His Deity

22 At that time the Feast of the Dedication took place at Jerusalem;

23 it was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple in the portico of ¹⁷Solomon.

Cross References

• 1. John 10:11
• 2. John 10:27
• 3. Matthew 11:27; Luke 10:22
• 4. John 10:11, 17, 18
• 5. Isaiah 56:8
• 6. John 11:52; John 17:20; Ephesians 2:13-18; 1 Peter 2:25
• 7. Ezekiel 34:23; Ezekiel 37:24
• 8. John 10:11, 15, 18
• 9. Matthew 26:53; John 2:19; John 5:26
• 10. John 10:11, 15, 17
• 11. John 14:31; John 15:10; Philippians 2:8; Hebrews 5:8
• 12. John 7:43; John 9:16
• 13. John 7:20
• 14. Mark 3:21
• 15. Matthew 4:24
• 16. Exodus 4:11; John 9:32
• 17. Acts 3:11; Acts 5:12