Jesus the Good Shepherd (Psalm 23:1–6; Ezekiel 34:11–24)
1 UEB "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter through the gate into the sheep pen, but climbs up some other way, that man 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 UEB He who enters through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. BSB BSB: But the one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.
3 UEB The gatekeeper opens for him. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and 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 UEB When he has brought out all his own, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him, for 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 UEB They will not follow a stranger but instead they will avoid him, for 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 UEB Jesus spoke this parable to them, but they did not understand what these things were that 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 UEB Then Jesus said to them again, "Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the gate of the sheep. BSB BSB: So He said to them again, “Truly, truly, I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep.
8 UEB Everyone who came before me is a thief and a robber, but 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 UEB I am the gate. If anyone enters in through me, he will be saved; he will go in and out and will find pasture. 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 UEB The thief does not come if he would not steal and kill and destroy. I have come so that they will have life and have it 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 UEB The hired servant is not a shepherd and does not own the sheep. He sees the wolf coming and abandons the sheep and escapes, and the wolf carries them off and scatters them. 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 UEB He runs away because he is a hired servant and does not care for the sheep. BSB BSB: The man runs away because he is a hired servant and is unconcerned for the sheep.
14 UEB 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 UEB The Father knows me, and I know the Father, and I lay down my life for the sheep. BSB BSB: just as the Father knows Me and I know the Father. And I lay down My life for the sheep.
19 UEB A division again occurred among the Jews because of these words. BSB BSB: Again there was division among the Jews because of Jesus’ message.
20 UEB Many of them said, "He has a demon and is insane. Why do you listen to him?" BSB BSB: Many of them said, “He is demon-possessed and insane. Why would you listen to Him?”
21 UEB Others said, "These are not the words of a demon-possessed man. Can a demon 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 UEB It was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple in the porch of Solomon. BSB BSB: and Jesus was walking in the temple courts in Solomon’s Colonnade.
24 UEB Then the Jews surrounded him and said to him, "How long will you hold us doubting? If you are the Christ, tell us openly." 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 UEB 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. 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 UEB Yet you do not believe because you are not my sheep. BSB BSB: But because you are not My sheep, you refuse to believe.
28 UEB I give them eternal life; they will never die, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. BSB BSB: I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.
29 UEB My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all others, and no one is able to snatch them out of the hand of the 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 UEB Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him. BSB BSB: At this, the Jews again picked up stones to stone Him.
32 UEB Jesus answered them, "I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of those works are you stoning 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 UEB The Jews answered him, "We are not stoning you for any good work, but for blasphemy, because you, a man, are making 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 UEB Jesus answered 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 UEB If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the 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 UEB do you say to him whom the Father set apart and sent into the world, 'You are blaspheming,' 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 UEB If I am not doing the works of my Father, do not believe me. BSB BSB: If I am not doing the works of My Father, then do not believe Me.
38 UEB But if I am doing them, even if you do not believe me, believe in the works so that you may know and understand that the Father is in me and that 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 UEB They tried to seize him again, but he went away out of their hand. BSB BSB: At this, they tried again to seize Him, but He escaped their grasp.
John’s Testimony Confirmed 40 UEB He went away again beyond the Jordan to the place where John had first been baptizing, and he stayed there. BSB BSB: Then Jesus went back across the Jordan to the place where John had first been baptizing, and He stayed there.
41 UEB Many people came to him and they said, "John indeed did no signs, but all the things that John has said about this man are true." BSB BSB: Many came to Him and said, “Although John never performed a sign, everything he said about this man was true.”
42 UEB Many people believed in him there. BSB BSB: And many in that place believed in Jesus.
Select verses for actions: Enter goes to them and Escape comes back.