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John 10

John 10:1

VERILY, VERILY, I SAY UNTO YOU, HE THAT ENTERETH NOT BY THE DOOR INTO THE SHEEPFOLD, BUT CLIMBETH UP SOME OTHER WAY, THE SAME IS A THIEF AND A ROBBER.... [ Continue Reading ]

John 10:3

TO HIM THE PORTER OPENETH; AND THE SHEEP HEAR HIS VOICE; AND HE CALLETH HIS OWN SHEEP BY NAME, AND LEADETH THEM OUT.... [ Continue Reading ]

John 10:4

AND WHEN HE PUTTETH FORTH HIS OWN SHEEP, HE GOETH BEFORE THEM, AND THE SHEEP FOLLOW HIM; FOR THEY KNOW HIS VOICE.... [ Continue Reading ]

John 10:6

THIS PARABLE SPAKE JESUS UNTO THEM; BUT THEY UNDERSTOOD NOT WHAT THINGS THEY WERE WHICH HE SPAKE UNTO THEM. This parable was also spoken in the Temple, shortly after Jesus had found the man that had been blind and had uttered the ominous words to the Pharisees concerning spiritual blindness. He here... [ Continue Reading ]

John 10:10

THE THIEF COMETH NOT BUT FOR TO STEAL, AND TO KILL, AND TO DESTROY; I AM COME THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE LIFE, AND THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE IT MORE ABUNDANTLY. Jesus makes an application of His parable for the sake of His hearers. In the sheepfold of His Church He is the Door. Only through Him, by reference t... [ Continue Reading ]

John 10:12

BUT HE THAT IS AN HIRELING, AND NOT THE SHEPHERD, WHOSE OWN THE SHEEP ARE NOT, SEETH THE WOLF COMING, AND LEAVETH THE SHEEP, AND FLEETH; AND THE WOLF CATCHETH THEM, AND SCATTERETH THE SHEEP.... [ Continue Reading ]

John 10:16

AND OTHER SHEEP I HAVE WHICH 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. Jesus here applies the parable in still another way, from another view-point. He calls Himself the Good shepherd, with emphasis, as the only one that... [ Continue Reading ]

John 10:18

NO MAN TAKETH IT FROM ME, BUT I LAY IT DOWN OF MYSELF. I HAVE POWER TO LAY IT DOWN, AND I HAVE POWER TO TAKE IT AGAIN. THIS COMMANDMENT HAVE I RECEIVED OF MY FATHER.... [ Continue Reading ]

John 10:21

OTHERS SAID, THESE ARE NOT THE WORDS OF HIM THAT HATH A DEVIL. CAN A DEVIL OPEN THE EYES OF THE BLIND? The chief proof and manifestation of the love of the Good Shepherd consists in this, that He lays down His life, His soul, as a ransom. The self-sacrifice of Jesus was altogether free and in no way... [ Continue Reading ]

John 10:24

THEN CAME THE JEWS ROUND ABOUT HIM, AND SAID UNTO HIM, HOW LONG DOST THOU MAKE US TO DOUBT? IF THOU BE THE CHRIST, TELL US PLAINLY.... [ Continue Reading ]

John 10:25

JESUS ANSWERED THEM, I TOLD YOU, AND YE BELIEVED NOT; THE WORKS THAT I DO IN MY FATHER'S NAME, THEY BEAR WITNESS OF ME.... [ Continue Reading ]

John 10:30

I AND MY FATHER ARE ONE. There is an interval of about two months between this story and the one just preceding it. The Festival of the Dedication had been celebrated since the time of the Maccabees in commemoration of the reconsecration of the Temple after its defilement by Antiochus Epiphanes. It... [ Continue Reading ]

John 10:33

THE JEWS ANSWERED HIM, SAYING, FOR A GOOD WORK WE STONE THEE NOT, BUT FOR BLASPHEMY, AND BECAUSE THAT THOU, BEING A MAN, MAKEST THYSELF GOD.... [ Continue Reading ]

John 10:36

SAY YE OF HIM WHOM THE FATHER HATH SANCTIFIED AND SENT INTO THE WORLD, THOU BLASPHEMEST; BECAUSE I SAID, I AM THE SON OF GOD?... [ Continue Reading ]

John 10:38

BUT IF I DO, THOUGH YE BELIEVE NOT ME, BELIEVE THE WORKS; THAT YE MAY KNOW AND BELIEVE THAT THE FATHER IS IN ME, AND I IN HIM. With growing indignation and resentment the Jews had listened to the statements which Jesus made concerning Himself until He reached the climax in the declaration of the ess... [ Continue Reading ]

John 10:42

AND MANY BELIEVED ON HIM THERE. The argument of Jesus at least made so much impression that the Jews dropped the stones, but they still had the intention of arresting Him; but Jesus, in the power of His divinity, went out of their hands, which sank back powerless. He had again proclaimed the Gospel... [ Continue Reading ]

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