Thematic Bible




John 10:1 (show verse)

"Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, the person who doesn't enter the sheepfold through the gate, but climbs in by some other way, is a thief and a bandit.

John 10:2 (show verse)

The one who enters through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.

John 10:3 (show verse)

It's to him the gatekeeper opens the gate, and it's his voice the sheep hear. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

John 10:4 (show verse)

When he has driven out all his own, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they recognize his voice.

John 10:5 (show verse)

They'll never follow a stranger, but will run away from him because they don't recognize the voice of strangers."

John 10:6 (show verse)

Jesus used this illustration with them, but they didn't understand what he was saying to them.

John 10:7 (show verse)

So again Jesus said, "Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, I'm the gate for the sheep.

John 10:8 (show verse)

All who came before me are thieves and bandits, but the sheep didn't listen to them.

John 10:9 (show verse)

I'm the gate. If anyone enters through me, he will be saved. He'll come in and go out and find pasture.

John 10:10 (show verse)

The thief comes only to steal, slaughter, and destroy. I've come that they may have life, and have it abundantly.

John 10:11 (show verse)

"I'm the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

John 10:12 (show verse)

The hired worker, who isn't the shepherd and doesn't own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, deserts the sheep, and runs away. So the wolf snatches them and scatters them,

John 10:13 (show verse)

because he's a hired worker, and the sheep don't matter to him.

John 10:14 (show verse)

I'm the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me,

John 10:15 (show verse)

just as the Father knows me and I know the Father. And I lay down my life for the sheep.

John 10:16 (show verse)

I have other sheep that don't belong to this fold. I must lead these also, and they'll listen to my voice. So there will be one flock and one shepherd.

John 10:17 (show verse)

This is why the Father loves me, because I lay down my life in order to take it back again.

John 10:18 (show verse)

No one is taking it from me; I lay it down of my own free will. I have the authority to lay it down, and I have the authority to take it back again. This is what my Father has commanded me."

John 10:19 (show verse)

Once again there was a division among the Jews because of what Jesus had been saying.

John 10:20 (show verse)

Many of them were saying, "He has a demon and is insane. Why bother listening to him?"

John 10:21 (show verse)

Others were saying, "These are not the words of a man who is demon-possessed. A demon cannot open the eyes of the blind, can it?"

John 10:22 (show verse)

Now Hanukkah was taking place in Jerusalem. It was winter,

John 10:23 (show verse)

and Jesus was walking around in the Temple inside the open porch of Solomon.

John 10:24 (show verse)

So the Jewish leaders surrounded him and quizzed him, "How long are you going to keep us in suspense? If you're the Messiah, tell us so plainly."

John 10:25 (show verse)

Jesus answered them, "I have told you, but you don't believe it. The actions that I do in my Father's name testify on my behalf,

John 10:26 (show verse)

but you don't believe, because you don't belong to my sheep.

John 10:27 (show verse)

My sheep hear my voice. I know them, and they follow me.

John 10:28 (show verse)

I give them eternal life, they'll never be lost, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.
Christ » Gifts of » Eternal life
Christ » Inseparable believers constantly » Held close by his hand
Christ, the shepherd » His sheep » He protects and preserves
Christ, the shepherd » His sheep » He gives eternal life to
Endowments » Spiritual promised » Eternal life
Endowments » Seven gifts of Christ to believers » Eternal life
Following » Those that follow jesus Christ
Gifts » Presents to men spiritual » Eternal life
Gifts » Seven gifts of Christ to believers » Eternal life
Giving and gifts » Those that God the father gave to jesus Christ
God » Hand of » Upon men for blessing
God » Spiritual promised » Eternal life
God's Promises » Of spiritual gifts » Eternal life
Inseparable Christ » Held close by his hand
Jesus Christ » God the father being the head of jesus Christ
Jesus Christ » Shepherd, jesus the true » He protects and preserves
Jesus Christ » Jesus Christ, God the father, and the holy spirit being one
Jesus Christ » History of » Teaches in the temple (at jerusalem) at the feast of dedication
Jesus Christ » Shepherd, jesus the true » He gives eternal life to
Life » Eternal » General references to
Eternal life » General references to
Eternal life » Given » By Christ
Eternal life » Saints » Are preserved unto
Perishing » Who shall not perish
Perseverance » Maintained through » The power of Christ
Power » Of Christ » As the son of God, is the power of God
The power of Christ » As the son of God, is the power of God
Protection » Of God, is » Effectual
Seven » Gifts of Christ » Eternal life
Spiritual » Gifts spiritual, promised » Eternal life
Temple » Herod the great's temple » Jesus teaches in
God, Trinity » Each person in, described as » Source of eternal life
Unbelief » Why some do not believe the lord
Witness » God the father giving witness to jesus Christ

John 10:29 (show verse)

What my Father has given me is more important than anything, and no one can snatch it from the Father's hand.

John 10:30 (show verse)

I and the Father are one."

John 10:31 (show verse)

Again the Jewish leaders picked up stones to stone him to death.

John 10:32 (show verse)

Jesus replied to them, "I've shown you many good actions from my Father. For which of them are you going to stone me?"

John 10:33 (show verse)

The Jewish leaders answered him, "We are not going to stone you for a good action, but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, are making yourself God!"

John 10:34 (show verse)

Jesus replied to them, "Is it not written in your Law, "I said, "You are gods"'?

John 10:35 (show verse)

If he called those to whom a message from God came "gods' (and the Scripture cannot be disregarded),

John 10:36 (show verse)

how can you say to the one whom the Father has consecrated and sent into the world, "You're blaspheming,' because I said, "I'm the Son of God'?

John 10:37 (show verse)

If I'm not doing my Father's actions, don't believe me.

John 10:38 (show verse)

But if I'm doing them, even though you don't believe me, believe the actions, so that you may know and understand that the Father is in me and I am in the Father."

John 10:39 (show verse)

Again they tried to seize him, but he slipped away from them.

John 10:40 (show verse)

Then he went away again across the Jordan to the place where John had been baptizing at first, and he remained there.

John 10:41 (show verse)

Many people came to him and kept saying, "John never performed a sign, but everything that John said about this man is true!"

John 10:42 (show verse)

And many believed in Jesus there.