ULT YHN chapter 10

10 “Truly, truly, I say to you, the one not entering through the gate into the sheep pen but climbing up some other way, that one is a thief and a robber. 2 But the one entering through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. 3 The gatekeeper opens for this one, and the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 4 When he has brought out all his own, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. 5 Now they will certainly not follow a stranger, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.” 6 Jesus spoke this parable to them, but those ones did not understand what it was that he was saying to them.

7 Therefore, Jesus said to them again, “Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the gate of the sheep. 8 Everyone who came before me is a thief and a robber, but the sheep did not hear them. 9 I am the gate. If anyone enters through me, he will be saved, and he will go in and go out and will find pasture. 10 The thief does not come except in order that he might steal and kill and destroy. I have come so that they might have life and might have it abundantly. 11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12 And the hired man, not being a shepherd, of whom the sheep are not his own, sees the wolf coming and abandons the sheep and escapes, and the wolf seizes and scatters them, 13 because he is a hired man, and it is not a concern to him about the sheep. 14 I am the good shepherd, and I know the ones of mine, and the ones of mine know me, 15 just as the Father knows me, and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep. 16 And I have other sheep that are not from this sheep pen. It is necessary for me to bring them also, and they will hear my voice and there will be one flock, one shepherd. 17 Because of this the Father loves me, because I lay down my life so that I might take it up again. 18 No one takes it away from me, but I lay it down from myself. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. I received this command from my Father.”

19 A division again occurred among the Jews because of these words. 20 Now many of them were saying, “He has a demon and is insane. Why do you listen to him?” 21 Others were saying, “These are not the words of a demon-possessed man. A demon is not able to open the eyes of the blind, is he?”

22 Then the Festival of Dedication in Jerusalem happened. It was winter,[fn] 23 [fn] and Jesus was walking in the temple on the porch of Solomon. 24 Then the Jews surrounded him and began saying to him, “How long are you taking away our life? If you are the Christ, tell us openly.” 25 Jesus replied to them, “I told you, but you do not believe. The works that I do in the name of my Father, these testify concerning me. 26 But you do not believe, because you are not from my sheep. 27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. 28 And I give them eternal life, and they will certainly not perish into eternity, and no one will snatch any of them from my hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them from the hand of the Father. 30 I and the Father are one.” 31 The Jews took up stones again so that they might stone him. 32 Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of those works are you stoning me?” 33 The Jews answered him, “We are not stoning you for a good work, but for blasphemy, and because you, a man, are making yourself God.” 34 Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your law, ‘I said, “You are gods” ’? 35 If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture is not able to be broken), 36 do you say to the one the Father sanctified and sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’? 37 If I am not doing the works of my Father, do not believe me. 38 But if I am doing them, even if you do not believe me, believe in the works so that you might know and might understand that the Father is in me, and I in the Father.” 39 Therefore, they were seeking to seize him again, but he went away out of their hand.

40 And he went away again beyond the Jordan to the place where John first was baptizing, and he stayed there. 41 And many came to him and were saying, “John indeed did no sign, but all that John said about this one was true.” 42 And many believed in him there.

Some versions place It was winter at the beginning of verse 23.

Some versions place It was winter at the beginning of verse 23 instead of at the end of verse 22.

ULT YHN Chapter 10