The Gospel According to Saint John
Chapter 10
1 – Amen, amen I say to you: He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up another way, the same is a thief and a robber.
2 – But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
3 – To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.
4 – And when he hath let out his own sheep, he goeth before them: and the sheep follow him, because they know his voice.
5 – But a stranger they follow not, but fly from him, because they know not the voice of strangers.
6 – This proverb Jesus spoke to them. But they understood not what he spoke to them.
7 – Jesus therefore said to them again: Amen, amen I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.
8 – All others, as many as have come, are thieves and robbers: and the sheep heard them not.
9 – I am the door. By me, if any man enter in, he shall be saved: and he shall go in, and go out, and shall find pastures.
10 – The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I am come that they may have life, and may have it more abundantly.
11 – I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd giveth his life for his sheep.
12 – But the hireling, and he that is not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and flieth: and the wolf catcheth, and scattereth the sheep:
13 – And the hireling flieth, because he is a hireling: and he hath no care for the sheep.
14 – I am the good shepherd; and I know mine, and mine know me.
15 – As the Father knoweth me, and I know the Father: and I lay down my life for my sheep.
16 – And other sheep I have, that are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice, and there shall be one fold and one shepherd.
17 – Therefore doth the Father love me: because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.
18 – No man taketh it away from me: but I lay it down of myself, and I have power to lay it down: and I have power to take it up again. This commandment have I received of my Father.
19 – A dissension rose again among the Jews for these words.
20 – And many of them said: He hath a devil, and is mad: why hear you him?
21 – Others said: These are not the words of one that hath a devil: Can a devil open the eyes of the blind?
22 – And it was the feast of the dedication at Jerusalem: and it was winter.
23 – And Jesus walked in the temple, in Solomon’s porch.
24 – The Jews therefore came round about him, and said to him: How long dost thou hold our souls in suspense? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly.
25 – Jesus answered them: I speak to you, and you believe not: the works that I do in the name of my Father, they give testimony of me.
26 – But you do not believe, because you are not of my sheep.
27 – My sheep hear my voice: and I know them, and they follow me.
28 – And I give them life everlasting; and they shall not perish for ever, and no man shall pluck them out of my hand.
29 – That which my Father hath given me, is greater than all: and no one can snatch them out of the hand of my Father.
30 – I and the Father are one.
31 – The Jews then took up stones to stone him.
32 – Jesus answered them: Many good works I have shewed you from my Father; for which of these works do you stone me?
33 – The Jews answered him: For a good work we stone thee not, but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, maketh thyself God.
34 – Jesus answered them: Is it not written in your law: I said you are gods?
35 – If he called them gods, to whom to word of God was spoken, and the scripture cannot be broken;
36 – Do you say of him whom the Father hath sanctified and sent into the world: Thou blasphemest, because I said, I am the Son of God?
37 – If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.
38 – But if I do, though you will not believe me, believe the works: that you may know and believe that the Father is in me, and I in the Father.
39 – They sought therefore to take him; and he escaped out of their hands.
40 – And he went again beyond the Jordan, into that place where John was baptizing first; and there he abode.
41 – And many resorted to him, and they said: John indeed did no sign.
42 – But all things whatsoever John said of this man, were true. And many believed in him.
The Catholic Bible Online. Scriptures are from The Douay Rheims Catholic Bible 1582-1610 a.d. Version In the Public Domain. The Douay Rheims Bible is a translation of the Bible from the Latin Vulgate into English undertaken by members of the English College, Douai in the service of the Catholic Church.