John 10 (Lesson 16)

  John, Chapter 10

Jesus is the Good Shepherd—He gained power over death from his Father—He promises to visit his other sheep—He proclaims, I am the Son of God.

 1Verily, 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.

 2But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the ^asheep.

 3To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his ^avoice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and ^bleadeth them out.

 4And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they ^aknow his ^bvoice.

 5And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of ^astrangers.

 6This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.

 7Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the ^adoor of the sheep.

 8All that ever came before me ^aare thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.

 9I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.

 10The thief cometh not, but for to ^asteal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have ^blife, and that they might have it more ^cabundantly.

 11I am the good ^ashepherd: the good ^bshepherd giveth his life for the sheep.

 12But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and ^aleaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.

 13The ^ahireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.

 14I am the good ^ashepherd, and ^bknow my ^csheep, and am known of mine.

 15As the Father knoweth me, even so ^aknow I the Father: and I lay down my ^blife for the sheep.

 16And ^aother ^bsheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be ^cone fold, and one shepherd.

 17Therefore doth my Father ^alove me, because I ^blay down my life, that I might ^ctake it again.

 18No man ^ataketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have ^bpower to lay it down, and I have ^cpower to take it again. This commandment have I ^dreceived of my Father.

 19¶There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings.

 20And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him?

 21Others said, These are not the words of him that hath a devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind?

 22¶And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter.

 23And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon’s ^aporch.

 24Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou make us to ^adoubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly.

 25Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye ^abelieved not: the ^bworks that I do in my Father’s ^cname, they bear witness of me.

 26But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.

 27My ^asheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they ^bfollow me:

 28And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.

 29My Father, which ^agave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand.

 30I and my Father are ^aone.

 31Then the Jews took up ^astones again to stone him.

 32Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?

 33The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for ^ablasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself ^bGod.

 34Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are ^agods?

 35If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;

 36Say ye of him, whom the Father hath ^asanctified, and ^bsent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the ^cSon of God?

 37If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.

 38But if I do, though ye believe not me, ^abelieve the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the ^bFather is in me, and I in him.

 39Therefore they ^asought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand,

 40And went away again beyond Jordan into the place where John at first baptized; and there he abode.

 41And many resorted unto him, and said, John did no miracle: but all things that John spake of this man were true.

 42And many believed on him there.

 2 Nephi 9:
41 O then, my beloved brethren, ^acome unto the Lord, the Holy One. Remember that his paths are righteous. Behold, the ^bway for man is ^cnarrow, but it lieth in a straight course before him, and the keeper of the ^dgate is the Holy One of Israel; and he employeth no servant there; and there is none other way save it be by the gate; for he cannot be deceived, for the Lord God is his name.

 42And whoso ^aknocketh, to him will he open; and the ^bwise, and the learned, and they that are rich, who are puffed up because of their ^clearning, and their ^dwisdom, and their riches—yea, they are they whom he despiseth; and save they shall cast these things away, and consider themselves ^efools before God, and come down in the depths of ^fhumility, he will not open unto them.

 D&C 1: 37   Search these ^bcommandments, for they are true and ^cfaithful, and the prophecies and ^dpromises which are in them shall all be fulfilled.

 38What I the Lord have spoken, I have spoken, and I excuse not myself; and though the heavens and the earth pass away, my ^aword shall not pass away, but shall all be ^bfulfilled, whether by mine own ^cvoice or by the ^dvoice of my ^eservants, it is the ^fsame.

D&C 18: 

33And I, Jesus Christ, your Lord and your God, have spoken it.

 34These ^awords are not of men nor of man, but of me; wherefore, you shall testify they are of me and not of man;

 35For it is my ^avoice which speaketh them unto you; for they are given by my Spirit unto you, and by my power you can read them one to another; and save it were by my power you could not have them;

 36Wherefore, you can ^atestify that you have ^bheard my voice, and know my words.

 D&C 97:

1Verily I say unto you my friends, I speak unto you with my ^avoice, even the voice of my Spirit, that I may show unto you my will concerning your brethren in the land of ^bZion, many of whom are truly humble and are seeking diligently to learn wisdom and to find truth.