Jesus the Good Shepherd (Psalm 23:1–6; Ezekiel 34:11–24)
1 CPDV “Amen, amen, I say to you, he who does not enter through the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbs up by another way, he is a thief and a robber. BSB BSB: “Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever does not enter the sheepfold by the gate, but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber.
2 CPDV But he who enters through the door is the shepherd of the sheep. BSB BSB: But the one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.
3 CPDV To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name, and he leads them out. BSB BSB: The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen for his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
4 CPDV And when he has sent out his sheep, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, because they know his voice. BSB BSB: When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice.
5 CPDV But they do not follow a stranger; instead they flee from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers.” BSB BSB: But they will never follow a stranger; in fact, they will flee from him because they do not recognize his voice.”
6 CPDV Jesus spoke this proverb to them. But they did not understand what he was saying to them. BSB BSB: Jesus spoke to them using this illustration, but they did not understand what He was telling them.
7 CPDV Therefore, Jesus spoke to them again: “Amen, amen, I say to you, that I am the door of the sheep. BSB BSB: So He said to them again, “Truly, truly, I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep.
8 CPDV All others, as many as have come, are thieves and robbers, and the sheep did not listen to them. BSB BSB: All who came before Me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.
9 CPDV I am the door. If anyone has entered through me, he will be saved. And he shall go in and go out, and he shall find pastures. BSB BSB: I am the gate. If anyone enters through Me, he will be saved. He will come in and go out and find pasture.
10 CPDV The thief does not come, except so that he may steal and slaughter and destroy. I have come so that they may have life, and have it more abundantly. BSB BSB: The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it in all its fullness.
12 CPDV But the hired hand, and whoever is not a shepherd, to whom the sheep do not belong, he sees the wolf approaching, and he departs from the sheep and flees. And the wolf ravages and scatters the sheep. BSB BSB: The hired hand is not the shepherd, and the sheep are not his own. When he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf pounces on them and scatters the flock.
13 CPDV And the hired hand flees, because he is a hired hand and there is no concern for the sheep within him. BSB BSB: The man runs away because he is a hired servant and is unconcerned for the sheep.
14 CPDV I am the good Shepherd, and I know my own, and my own know me, BSB BSB: I am the good shepherd. I know My sheep and My sheep know Me,
15 CPDV just as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. And I lay down my life for my sheep. BSB BSB: just as the Father knows Me and I know the Father. And I lay down My life for the sheep.
19 CPDV A dissension occurred again among the Jews because of these words. BSB BSB: Again there was division among the Jews because of Jesus’ message.
20 CPDV Then many of them were saying: “He has a demon or he is insane. Why do you listen him?” BSB BSB: Many of them said, “He is demon-possessed and insane. Why would you listen to Him?”
21 CPDV Others were saying: “These are not the words of someone who has a demon. How would a demon be able to open the eyes of the blind?” BSB BSB: But others replied, “These are not the words of a man possessed by a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”
Jesus at the Feast of Dedication 23 CPDV And Jesus was walking in the temple, in the portico of Solomon. BSB BSB: and Jesus was walking in the temple courts in Solomon’s Colonnade.
24 CPDV And so the Jews surrounded him and said to him: “How long will you hold our souls in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.” BSB BSB: So the Jews gathered around Him and demanded, “How long will You keep us in suspense? If You are the Christ, tell us plainly.”
25 CPDV Jesus answered them: “I speak to you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in the name of my Father, these offer testimony about me. BSB BSB: “I already told you,” Jesus replied, “but you did not believe. The works I do in My Father’s name testify on My behalf.
26 CPDV But you do not believe, because you are not of my sheep. BSB BSB: But because you are not My sheep, you refuse to believe.
28 CPDV And I give them eternal life, and they shall not perish, for eternity. And no one shall seize them from my hand. BSB BSB: I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.
29 CPDV What my Father gave to me is greater than all, and no one is able to seize from the hand of my Father. BSB BSB: My Father who has given them to Me is greater than all. No one can snatch them out of My Father’s hand.
31 CPDV Therefore, the Jews took up stones, in order to stone him. BSB BSB: At this, the Jews again picked up stones to stone Him.
32 CPDV Jesus answered them: “I have shown you many good works from my Father. For which of those works do you stone me?” BSB BSB: But Jesus responded, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these do you stone Me?”
33 CPDV The Jews answered him: “We do not stone you for a good work, but for blasphemy and because, though you are a man, you make yourself God.” BSB BSB: “We are not stoning You for any good work,” said the Jews, “but for blasphemy, because You, who are a man, make Yourself out to be God.”
34 CPDV Jesus responded to them: “Is it not written in your law, ‘I said: you are gods?’ BSB BSB: Jesus replied, “Is it not written in your Law: ‘I have said you are gods’?
35 CPDV If he called those to whom the word of God was given gods, and Scripture cannot be broken, BSB BSB: If he called them gods to whom the word of God came—and the Scripture cannot be broken—
36 CPDV why do you say, about him whom the Father has sanctified and sent into the world, ‘You have blasphemed,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God?’ BSB BSB: then what about the One whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world? How then can you accuse Me of blasphemy for stating that I am the Son of God?
37 CPDV If I do not do the works of my Father, do not believe in me. BSB BSB: If I am not doing the works of My Father, then do not believe Me.
38 CPDV But if I do them, even if you are not willing to believe in me, believe the works, so that you may know and believe that the Father is in me, and I am in the Father.” BSB BSB: But if I am doing them, even though you do not believe Me, believe the works themselves, so that you may know and understand that the Father is in Me, and I am in the Father.”
39 CPDV Therefore, they sought to apprehend him, but he escaped from their hands. BSB BSB: At this, they tried again to seize Him, but He escaped their grasp.
John’s Testimony Confirmed 40 CPDV And he went again across the Jordan, to that place where John first was baptizing. And he lodged there. BSB BSB: Then Jesus went back across the Jordan to the place where John had first been baptizing, and He stayed there.
41 CPDV And many went out to him. And they were saying: “Indeed, John accomplished no signs. BSB BSB: Many came to Him and said, “Although John never performed a sign, everything he said about this man was true.”
42 CPDV But all things whatsoever that John said about this man were true.” And many believed in him. BSB BSB: And many in that place believed in Jesus.
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