10:1 Truly, truly, I say to you, he that cometh not in by the door into the fold of sheep, but ascendeth [up] by another way, is a night thief and a day thief.
10:2 But he that entereth by the door, is the shepherd of the sheep.
10:3 To this the porter openeth, and the sheep hear his voice, and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.
10:4 And when he hath done out his own sheep [And when he hath sent out his own sheep], he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him; for they know his voice.
10:5 But they follow not an alien, but flee from him; for they have not known the voice of aliens.
10:6 Jesus said to them this proverb; but they knew not what he spake to them.
10:7 Therefore Jesus said to them again, Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.
10:8 As many as have come, were night thieves and day thieves, but the sheep heard not them. [All how many ever came before me, be night thieves and day thieves, but the sheep heard not them.]
10:9 I am the door. If any man shall enter by me, he shall be saved; and he shall go in, and shall go out, and he shall find pastures.
10:10 A night thief cometh not, but that he steal, slay, and destroy; and I came, that they have life, and have more plenteously. [A night thief cometh not, but that he steal, and slay, and lose; I came, that they have life, and have more plenteously.]
10:11 I am a good shepherd; a good shepherd giveth his life for his sheep.
10:12 But an hired hind, and that is not the shepherd, whose be not the sheep his own [whose the sheep be not his own], seeth a wolf coming, and he leaveth the sheep, and fleeth; and the wolf snatcheth, and scattereth the sheep.
10:13 And the hired hind fleeth, for he is an hired hind, and it pertaineth not to him of the sheep.
10:14 I am a good shepherd, and I know my sheep, and my sheep know me.
10:15 As the Father hath known me, I know the Father; and I put my life for my sheep.
10:16 [And] I have other sheep, that be not of this fold, and it behooveth me to bring them together, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be made one fold and one shepherd.
10:17 Therefore the Father loveth me, for I put my life, that again I take it.
10:18 No man taketh it from me, but I put it of myself. I have power to put it, and I have power to take it again. This commandment I have taken of my Father.
10:19 Again dissension was made among the Jews for these words.
10:20 And many of them said, He hath a devil, and maddeth [He hath a devil, and maddeth, or waxeth mad]; what hear ye him?
10:21 Other men said, These words be not of a man that hath a devil. Whether the devil may open the eyes of blind men [Whether a devil may open the eyes of blind men]?
10:22 But the feasts of hallowing of the temple were made in Jerusalem, and it was winter.
10:23 And Jesus walked in the temple, in the porch of Solomon.
10:24 Therefore the Jews came about him, and said to him, How long takest thou away our soul? if thou art Christ, say thou to us openly [and said to him, How long dost thou away our soul? if thou art Christ, say to us plainly, or openly].
10:25 Jesus answered to them, I speak to you, and ye believe not; the works that I do in the name of my Father, bear witnessing of me [the works that I do in the name of my Father, these bear witness of me].
10:26 But ye believe not, for ye be not of my sheep.
10:27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
10:28 And I give to them everlasting life, and they shall not perish without end, and none shall snatch them out of mine hand. [And I shall give to them everlasting life, and they shall not perish into without end, and any man shall not snatch them out of mine hand.]
10:29 That thing that my Father gave to me, is more than all things [That thing that my Father gave to me, is more than all]; and no man may snatch from my Father's hand.
10:32 Jesus answered to them, I have showed to you many good works of my Father, for which work of them stone ye me?
10:33 The Jews answered to him, We stone thee not of good work, but of blasphemy, and for thou, since thou art a man, makest thyself God.
10:34 Jesus answered to them, Whether it is not written in your law, That I said, Ye be gods?
10:35 If he said that they were gods, to whom the word of God was made, and the scripture may not be undone,
10:36 that that the Father hath hallowed, and hath sent into the world [which the Father hallowed, and sent into the world], ye say, That thou blasphemest, for I said, I am God's Son?
10:37 If I do not the works of my Father, do not ye believe to me;
10:38 but if I do, though ye will not believe to me, believe ye to the works; that ye know and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in the Father.
10:39 Therefore they sought to take him, and he went out of their hands.
10:40 And he went again over Jordan, into that place where John was first baptizing, and he dwelt there.
10:41 And many came to him, and said, For John did no miracle [Forsooth John did no sign, or miracle]; and all things whatever John said of this, were sooth.
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