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Jesus the True Shepherd

¹“Most assuredly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. ²But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. ³To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own sheep by ⚓name and leads them out. ⁴And when he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. ⁵Yet they will by no means follow a ⚓stranger, but will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.” ⁶Jesus used this illustration, but they did not understand the things which He spoke to them.

Jesus the Good Shepherd

⁷Then Jesus said to them again, “Most assuredly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. ⁸All who ever came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them. ⁹⚓I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. ¹⁰The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.
¹¹⚓“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep. ¹²But a hireling, he who is not the shepherd, one who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and ⚓leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf catches the sheep and scatters them. ¹³The hireling flees because he is a hireling and does not care about the sheep. ¹⁴I am the good shepherd; and ⚓I know My sheep, and ⚓am known by My own. ¹⁵⚓As the Father knows Me, even so I know the Father; ⚓and I lay down My life for the sheep. ¹⁶And ⚓other sheep I have which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they will hear My voice; ⚓and there will be one flock and one shepherd.
¹⁷“Therefore My Father ⚓loves Me, ⚓because I lay down My life that I may take it again. ¹⁸No one takes 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 command I have received from My Father.”
¹⁹Therefore ⚓there was a division again among the Jews because of these sayings. ²⁰And many of them said, ⚓“He has a demon and is mad. Why do you listen to Him?”
²¹Others said, “These are not the words of one who has a demon. ⚓Can a demon ⚓open the eyes of the blind?”

The Shepherd Knows His Sheep

²²Now it was the Feast of Dedication in Jerusalem, and it was winter. ²³And Jesus walked in the temple, ⚓in Solomon’s porch. ²⁴Then the Jews surrounded Him and said to Him, “How long do You keep us in doubt? If You are the Christ, tell us plainly.”
²⁵Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe. ⚓The works that I do in My Father’s name, they ⚓bear witness of Me. ²⁶But ⚓you do not believe, because you are not of My sheep, as I said to you. ²⁷⚓My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. ²⁸And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand. ²⁹⚓My Father, ⚓who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father’s hand. ³⁰⚓I and My Father are one.”

Renewed Efforts to Stone Jesus

³¹Then ⚓the Jews took up stones again to stone Him. ³²Jesus answered them, “Many good works I have shown you from My Father. For which of those works do you stone Me?”
³³The Jews answered Him, saying, “For a good work we do not stone You, but for ⚓blasphemy, and because You, being a Man, ⚓make Yourself God.”
³⁴Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your law, ⚓‘I said, “You are gods” ’? ³⁵If He called them gods, ⚓to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture ⚓cannot be broken), ³⁶do you say of Him ⚓whom the Father sanctified and ⚓sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ ⚓because I said, ‘I am ⚓the Son of God’? ³⁷⚓If I do not do the works of My Father, do not believe Me; ³⁸but if I do, though you do not believe Me, ⚓believe the works, that you may know and believe⚓that the Father is in Me, and I in Him.” ³⁹⚓Therefore they sought again to seize Him, but He escaped out of their hand.

The Believers Beyond Jordan

⁴⁰And He went away again beyond the Jordan to the place ⚓where John was baptizing at first, and there He stayed. ⁴¹Then many came to Him and said, “John performed no sign, ⚓but all the things that John spoke about this Man were true.” ⁴²And many believed in Him there.

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Paaj lug lub nkuaj yaaj

¹“Kuv has tseeb rua mej tas, tug kws tsw nkaag lub rooj nkuag yaaj tassws nce lwm qhov lug tug hov yog tub saab tub nyag. ²Tug kws nkaag lub rooj nkuag txhad yog tug tswv yug yaaj. ³Tug kws zuv rooj nkuag txhad qheb rooj nkuag rua nwg. Paab yaaj yeej noog nwg lub suab, nwg cuab nwg cov yaaj tej npe hab nwg coj yaaj tawm moog. ⁴Thaus nwg tso nwg cov yaaj huvsw tawm taag lawm nwg coj kev ua ntej, cov yaaj lawv nwg qaab vem yog paub nwg lub suab. ⁵Dua lwm tug cov yaaj tsw lawv qaab, muaj kws tswv ntawm nwg moog xwb vem tsw paub nwg lub suab.” ⁶Zaaj pev lug nuav Yexu has rua puab tassws puab tsw nkaag sab tej ntsab lug kws Yexu has rua puab.

Yexu yog tug yug yaaj kws zoo

⁷Yexu txawm rov has rua puab tas, “Kuv has tseeb rua mej tas, kuv yog lub rooj nkuag yaaj. ⁸Txhua tug kws tuaj ua kuv ntej puavleej yog tub saab tub nyag, tassws cov yaaj tsw noog puab. ⁹Kuv yog lub rooj nkuag. Leejtwg nkaag ntawm kuv moog tug hov yuav dim. Nwg yuav nkaag moog nkaag lug hab nrhav tau zaub noj. ¹⁰Tub saab tsuas yog tuaj nyag hab tua hab ua kuas puam tsuaj xwb. Kuv lug sub puab txhad tau txujsa hab tau txujsa puv quas npo.
¹¹“Kuv yog tug tswv yug yaaj kws zoo. Tug tswv yug yaaj kws zoo yeej tso nwg txujsa thij cov yaaj. ¹²Tug kws raug ndav tsw yog tug tswv yug yaaj, cov yaaj tsw yog nwg le. Thaus nwg pum maa tuaj nwg tso cov yaaj tseg tswv lawm, maa txhad lawv tum cov yaaj tswv tawg ua saab ua sua. ¹³Tug hov tswv vem nwg raug ndav xwb hab tsw mob sab cov yaaj. ¹⁴Kuv yog tug tswv yug yaaj kws zoo. Kuv paub kuv cov yaaj hab kuv cov yaaj paub kuv, ¹⁵ib yaam le leej Txwv paub kuv hab kuv paub leej Txwv. Hab kuv tso kuv txujsa thij cov yaaj. ¹⁶Kuv tseed muaj dua ib co yaaj kws tsw nyob huv lub nkuaj nuav, kuv yuav tsum moog coj lug. Hab cov yaaj hov yuav noog kuv lub suab, hab yuav lug koom ua ib paab muaj ib tug tswv yug xwb. ¹⁷Qhov kws leej Txwv hlub kuv yog vem kuv tso kuv txujsa tseg txhad tau txujsa hov rov lug. ¹⁸Tsw muaj leejtwg yuav txeeb tau kuv txujsa moog tassws kuv tso kuv txujsa lawv le kuv npaaj sab tseg. Kuv muaj cai tso txujsa tseg hab muaj cai muab txujsa rov lug. Tej lug nkaw nuav kuv tau ntawm kuv leej Txwv lug.”
¹⁹Tej lug nuav ua rua cov Yutai rov tsw sws hum lawm. ²⁰Ntau leej has tas, “Tug nuav raug daab hab vwm. Moog noog nwg has ua daabtsw?” ²¹Dua lwm tug has tas, “Tej lug nuav tsw yog tug tuabneeg raug daab has. Daab nyim ua tau tuabneeg dig muag pum kev lov?”

Cov Yutai tsw leeg yuav Yexu

²²Thaus ntawd yog lub swjhawm kws ua kevcai xyeem lub tuam tsev huv Yeluxalee, hab yog lub caij ntuj no. ²³Yexu ncig moog huv lub tuam tsev ntawm Zaaj Qaab Khaav Xalaumoo. ²⁴Cov Yutai txawm tuaj vej quas vog Yexu hab has tas, “Koj yuav ca peb pheej tsw to taub ntev le caag? Yog koj yog tug Kheto ca le qha tseeb hlo rua peb paub.” ²⁵Yexu teb puab tas, “Kuv tub has rua mej lawm tassws mej tsw ntseeg. Tej num kws kuv tuav kuv leej Txwv lub npe ua tub ua timkhawv rua kuv lawm. ²⁶Tassws mej tsw ntseeg vem mej tsw yog kuv cov yaaj. ²⁷Kuv cov yaaj yeej noog kuv lub suab, kuv paub cov yaaj hov hab cov yaaj kuj lawv kuv qaab. ²⁸Hab kuv pub txujsa ib txhws rua puab. Tsw muaj ib nub kws puab yuav puam tsuaj, hab tsw muaj leejtwg yuav txeeb tau puab huv kuv txhais teg moog. ²⁹Kuv leej Txwv kws pub puab rua kuv luj dua txhua yaam,⚓ tsw muaj leejtwg yuav txeeb tau puab ntawm leej Txwv txhais teg moog. ³⁰Kuv hab leej Txwv yog ib tug xwb.”
³¹Cov Yutai txawm rov khaws pob zeb lug yuav ntaus Yexu dua. ³²Yexu txawm has rua puab tas, “Kuv tub qha leej Txwv le num ntau yaam zoo rua mej pum. Mej tseed khaws pob zeb yuav ntaus kuv yog tim yaam num twg?” ³³Cov Yutai teb Yexu tas, “Qhov kws peb yuav xuas pob zeb ntaus koj tsw yog tim yaam num zoo twg, tassws yog tim qhov kws koj has lug tuam mom Vaajtswv, vem koj tsuas yog tuabneeg xwb los nyim tsaab ua Vaajtswv.” ³⁴Yexu teb puab tas, “Huv mej phoo kevcai tub muaj lug sau ca has tas, ‘Kuv has tas, mej yog timtswv,’⚓ los tsw yog? ³⁵Yog Vaajtswv hu cov kws txais Vaajtswv txujlug tas yog timtswv, (mas yeej rhuav tsw tau Vaajtswv txujlug,) ³⁶ua caag mej nrhav lug kom tug kws leej Txwv tau tsaa ua tug dawb huv hab khaiv lug rua huv lub nplajteb? Ua caag mej has tas, ‘Koj has lug tuam mom Vaajtswv’ nua, vem qhov kws kuv has tas, ‘Kuv yog Vaajtswv leej Tub,’? ³⁷Yog kuv tsw ua kuv leej Txwv teg num, kuj tsw xob tso sab rua kuv hlo le. ³⁸Tassws yog kuv ua nwg teg num, txawm yog mej tsw tso sab rua kuv los mej yuav tsum tso sab rua tej num ntawd, sub mej txhad paub hab nkaag sab tas leej Txwv nyob huv kuv hab kuv nyob huv leej Txwv.” ³⁹Puab yooj xeeb yuav nteg Yexu dua ib zag tassws nwg tswv dhau ntawm puab txhais teg lawm. ⁴⁰Nwg hlaa tug dej Yalatee rov moog rua lub chaw kws Yauhaa txeev ua kevcai raus dej hab su hov ntawd. ⁴¹Muaj tuabneeg coob tuaj cuag Yexu hab has tas, “Yauhaa tsw ua txujci tseem ceeb daabtsw, los txhua yaam kws Yauhaa has txug Yexu puavleej muaj tseeb.” ⁴²Muaj tuabneeg ntau leej tso sab rua Yexu hov ntawd.