John 10:1-21 - LSB - Legacy Standard Bible

John 10:1-21

I Am the Good Shepherd

“Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbs up some other way, he is ^aa thief and a robber. 2 But he who enters by the door is ^aa shepherd of the sheep. 3 To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear ^ahis voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and ^bleads them out. 4 When he brings all his own out, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they know ^ahis voice. 5 A stranger they will never follow, but will flee from him, because they do not know ^athe voice of strangers.” 6 This ^afigure of speech Jesus spoke to them, but they did not understand what those things were which He had been saying to them.
7 So Jesus said to them again, “Truly, truly, I say to you, I am ^athe door of the sheep. 8 All who came before Me are ^athieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them. 9 ^aI am the door; if anyone enters through Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. 10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they ^amay have life, and ¹have it abundantly.
11 “^aI am the good shepherd; the good shepherd ^blays down His life for the sheep. 12 He who is a hired hand, and not a ^ashepherd, who is not the owner of the sheep, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep and flees—and the wolf snatches and scatters them— 13 because he is a hired hand and is not concerned about the sheep. 14 ^aI am the good shepherd, and ^bI know My own and My own know Me, 15 even as ^athe Father knows Me and I know the Father; and ^bI lay down My life for the sheep. 16 And I have ^aother sheep, which are not from this fold; I must bring them also, and they will hear My voice; and they will become ^bone flock with ^cone shepherd. 17 For this reason the Father loves Me, because I ^alay down My life so that I may take it again. 18 ^aNo one ¹takes it away from Me, but from Myself, I ^blay it down. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. ^cThis commandment I received from My Father.”
19 ^aA division occurred again among the Jews because of these words. 20 And many of them were saying, “He ^ahas a demon and ^bis insane. Why do you listen to Him?” 21 Others were saying, “These are not the words of someone ^ademon-possessed. ^bCan a demon open the eyes of the blind?”