KJ3 Literal Translation
John 10
1 Christ is the door, and the Good Shepherd. 30 He tells them that He and the Father are one.
1Truly, truly, I say to you, The one not entering through the door into the sheepfold, but going up by another way, that one is a thief and a plunderer.
2But the one entering through the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
3To this one the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out.
4And when he puts forth his own sheep, he goes on in front of them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice.
5But they will not follow a stranger, not ever! But they will flee from him, because they do not know the voice of a stranger.
6Jesus spoke this allegory to them, but those ones did not know what it was which He spoke to them.
7Then Jesus again said to them, Truly, truly, I say to you that I am the door of the sheep.
8All who came before Me are thieves and plunderers, but the sheep did not hear them.
9I am the door. If anyone enters through Me, he will be saved, and will go in, and will go out, and will find pasture.
10The thief does not come except that he may steal, and kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life and may have it abundantly.
11I am the Good Shepherd! The Good Shepherd lays down His life on behalf of the sheep.
12But the hireling, not even being a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, sees the wolf coming and forsakes the sheep and flees. And the wolf seizes them, and scatters the sheep.
13But the hireling flees because he is a hireling, and there is not a care to him concerning the sheep.
14I am the Good Shepherd, and I know those that are Mine, and I am known by the ones that are Mine.
15Even as the Father knows Me, I also know the Father; and I lay down My life on behalf of the sheep.
16And I have other sheep which are not of this fold. I must also lead those, and they will hear My voice; and there will be one flock, one Shepherd.
17Because of this My Father loves Me, because I lay down My life, that I may take it again.
18No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it again. This command I received from My Father.
19Therefore a division occurred again among the Jews, because of these words.
20And many of them said, He has a demon and is raving. Why do you listen to Him?
21Others said, These are not words of one having been possessed by a demon. Is a demon able to open the eyes of blind ones?
22And the Feast of Dedications occurred in Jerusalem, and it was winter.
23And Jesus was walking in the temple, in Solomon’s Porch.
24Then the Jews encircled Him, and said to Him, Until when do You lift up our soul? If You are the Christ, tell us plainly.
25Jesus answered them, I told you, and you did not believe. The works which I do in the name of My Father, these bear witness about Me.
26But you do not believe, for you are not of My sheep, even as I said to you.
27My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.
28And I give eternal life to them, and they shall not perish to the age, not ever! And not anyone shall snatch them out of My hand.
29My Father who has given them to Me is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father’s hand.
30I and the Father are One!
31Then again the Jews took up stones, that they might stone Him.
32Jesus answered them, I showed you many good works from My Father. On account ofwhich work of them do you stone Me?
33The Jews answered Him, saying, We do not stone You concerning a good work, but concerning blasphemy; and because You, being a man, make Yourself God.
34Jesus answered them, Has it not been written in your Law, “I said, you are gods”? Psa. 82:6
35If He said those to be gods to whom the Word of God was, and the Scripture cannot be broken,
36do you say of Him whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, You blaspheme, because I said, I am Son of God?
37If I do not do the works of My Father, do not believe Me.
38But if I do, even if you do not believe Me, believe the works, that you may perceive and may believe that the Father is in Me, and I in Him.
39Then again they sought to seize Him. And He went forth from their hand.
40And He went away again across the Jordan to the place where John was at first baptizing and remained there.
41And many came to Him and said, John indeed did no miraculous sign, but as many things as John said concerning this One were true.
42And many believed into Him there.
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