John 10:20-30

20 Many of them were saying, "He ¹has a demon and ²is insane. Why do you listen to Him?"

21 Others were saying, "These are not the sayings of one ³demon-possessed. ⁴A 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 ⁵Solomon.

24 ⁶The Jews then gathered around Him, and were saying to Him, "How long * will You keep us in suspense *? If You are the Christ, tell us ⁷plainly."

25 Jesus answered them, "⁸I told you, and you do not believe; ⁹the works that I do in My Father's name, these testify of Me.

26 "But you do not believe because ¹⁰you are not of My sheep.

27 "My sheep ¹¹hear My voice, and ¹²I know them, and they follow Me;

28 and I give ¹³eternal life to them, and they will never * perish; and ¹⁴no one will snatch them out of My hand.

29 "My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand.

30 "¹⁵I and the Father are one."

Cross References

• 1. John 7:20
• 2. Mark 3:21
• 3. Matthew 4:24
• 4. Exodus 4:11; John 9:32
• 5. Acts 3:11; Acts 5:12
• 6. John 1:19; John 10:31, 33
• 7. Luke 22:67; John 16:25
• 8. John 8:56, 58
• 9. John 5:36; John 10:38
• 10. John 8:47
• 11. John 10:4, 16
• 12. John 10:14
• 13. John 17:2; 1 John 2:25; 1 John 5:11
• 14. John 6:37, 39
• 15. John 17:21f

Footnotes

• [a] Lit "do You lift up our soul"
• [b] I.e. the Messiah
• [c] One early ms reads "What My Father has given Me is greater than all"
• [d] Or "a unity;" or "one essence"