{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/asv/john/10","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T10:38:53.901Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ASV","book":"John","bookSlug":"john","chapter":10,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":9,"nextChapter":11,"totalChapters":21,"totalVerses":42},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"When he hath put forth all his own, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Jesus therefore said unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"All that came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"I am the door; by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and go out, and shall find pasture."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"The thief cometh not, but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd layeth down his life for the sheep."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"He that is a hireling, and not a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, beholdeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth, and the wolf snatcheth them, and scattereth them :"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"he fleeth because he is a hireling, and careth not for the sheep."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"I am the good shepherd; and I know mine own, and mine own know me,"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"even as the Father knoweth me, and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice: and they shall become one flock, one shepherd."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Therefore doth the Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"No one taketh it away 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 received I from my Father."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"There arose a division again among the Jews because of these words."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"And many of them said, He hath a demon, and is mad; why hear ye him?"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Others said, These are not the sayings of one possessed with a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"And it was the feast of the dedication at Jerusalem:"},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"it was winter; and Jesus was walking in the temple in Solomon's porch."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"The Jews therefore came round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou hold us in suspense? If thou art the Christ, tell us plainly."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believe not: the works that I do in my Father's name, these bear witness of me."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:"},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"My Father, who hath given them unto me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"I and the Father are one."},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"The Jews took up stones again to stone him."},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"Jesus answered them, Many good works have I showed you from the Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?"},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"The Jews answered him, For a good work we stone thee not, but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God."},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, ye are gods?"},{"verseNumber":35,"text":"If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came (and the scripture cannot be broken),"},{"verseNumber":36,"text":"say ye of him, whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the'son of God?"},{"verseNumber":37,"text":"If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not."},{"verseNumber":38,"text":"But if I do them, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know and understand that the Father is in me, and I in the Father."},{"verseNumber":39,"text":"They sought again to take him: and he went forth out of their hand."},{"verseNumber":40,"text":"And he went away again beyond the Jordan into the place where John was at the first baptizing; and there be abode."},{"verseNumber":41,"text":"And many came unto him; and they said, John indeed did no sign: but all things whatsoever John spake of this man were true."},{"verseNumber":42,"text":"And many believed on him there."}],"citation":{"inline":"John 10 (ASV)","markdown":"[John 10](https://primebible.com/asv/john/10)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ASV. https://primebible.com/asv/john/10 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}