{"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/ylt/john/10","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-17T10:50:38.316Z"},"reference":{"translation":"YLT","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 to you, He who is not entering through the door to the fold of the sheep, but is going up from another side, that one is a thief and a robber;"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"and he who is entering through the door is shepherd of the sheep;"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"to this one the doorkeeper doth open, and the sheep hear his voice, and his own sheep he doth call by name, and doth lead them forth;"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"and when his own sheep he may put forth, before them he goeth on, and the sheep follow him, because they have known his voice;"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"and a stranger they will not follow, but will flee from him, because they have not known the voice of strangers.'"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"This similitude spake Jesus to them, and they knew not what the things were that he was speaking to them;"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Jesus said therefore again to them, 'Verily, verily, I say to you — I am the door of the sheep;"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"all, as many as came before me, are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them;"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"I am the door, through me if any one may come in, he shall be saved, and he shall come in, and go out, and find pasture."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"The thief doth not come, except 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 his life layeth down for the sheep;"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"and the hireling, and not being a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, doth behold the wolf coming, and doth leave the sheep, and doth flee; and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep;"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"and the hireling doth flee because he is an hireling, and is not caring for the sheep."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"I am the good shepherd, and I know my sheep, and am known by mine,"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"according as the Father doth know me, and I know the Father, and my life I lay down for the sheep,"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"and other sheep I have that are not of this fold, these also it behoveth me to bring, and my voice they will hear, and there shall become one flock — one shepherd."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"'Because of this doth the Father love me, because I lay down my life, that again I may take it;"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"no one doth take it from me, but I lay it down of myself; authority I have to lay it down, and authority I have again to take it; this command I received from my Father.'"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Therefore, again, there came a division among the Jews, because of these words,"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"and many of them said, 'He hath a demon, and is mad, why do ye hear him?'"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"others said, 'These sayings are not those of a demoniac; is a demon able blind men's eyes to open?'"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"And the dedication in Jerusalem came, and it was winter,"},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the porch of Solomon,"},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"the Jews, therefore, came round about him, and said to him, 'Till when our soul dost thou hold in suspense? if thou art the Christ, tell us freely.'"},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Jesus answered them, 'I told you, and ye do not believe; the works that I do in the name of my Father, these testify concerning me;"},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"but ye do not believe, for ye are not of my sheep,"},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"according as I said to you: My sheep my voice do hear, and I know them, and they follow me,"},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"and life age-during I give to them, and they shall not perish — to the age, and no one shall pluck them out of my hand;"},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"my Father, who hath given to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to pluck out of the hand of my Father;"},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"I and the Father are one.'"},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"Therefore, again, did the Jews take up stones that they may stone him;"},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"Jesus answered them, 'Many good works did I shew you from my Father; because of which work of them do ye stone me?'"},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"The Jews answered him, saying, 'For a good work we do not stone thee, but for evil speaking, and because thou, being a man, dost make thyself God.'"},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"Jesus answered them, 'Is it not having been written in your law: I said, ye are gods?"},{"verseNumber":35,"text":"if them he did call gods unto whom the word of God came, (and the Writing is not able to be broken,)"},{"verseNumber":36,"text":"of him whom the Father did sanctify, and send to the world, do ye say — Thou speakest evil, because I said, Son of God I am?"},{"verseNumber":37,"text":"if I do not the works of my Father, do not believe me;"},{"verseNumber":38,"text":"and if I do, even if me ye may not believe, the works believe, that ye may know and may believe that in me is the Father, and I in Him.'"},{"verseNumber":39,"text":"Therefore were they seeking again to seize him, and he went forth out of their hand,"},{"verseNumber":40,"text":"and went away again to the other side of the Jordan, to the place where John was at first baptizing, and remained there,"},{"verseNumber":41,"text":"and many came unto him, and said — 'John, indeed, did no sign, and all things, as many as John said about this one were true;'"},{"verseNumber":42,"text":"and many did believe in him there."}],"citation":{"inline":"John 10 (YLT)","markdown":"[John 10](https://primebible.com/ylt/john/10)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* YLT. https://primebible.com/ylt/john/10 (accessed 2026-06-17)."}}