# John 10.11-18

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**Book:** [John](/codex/john-the-apostle/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 9. <span class="rl-speech">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.</span> 10. <span class="rl-speech">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.</span>
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> **11. <span class="rl-speech">I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd layeth down his life for the sheep.</span> 12. <span class="rl-speech">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:</span> 13. <span class="rl-speech">he fleeth because he is a hireling, and careth not for the sheep.</span> 14. <span class="rl-speech">I am the good shepherd; and I know mine own, and mine own know me,</span> 15. <span class="rl-speech">even as the Father knoweth me, and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.</span> 16. <span class="rl-speech">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.</span> 17. <span class="rl-speech">Therefore doth the Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.</span> 18. <span class="rl-speech">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.</span>**
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> 19. There arose a division again among the Jews because of these words. 20. And many of them said, He hath a demon, and is mad; why hear ye him? (John 10:9-20, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 9. <span class="rl-speech">I am the door. If anyone enters in by me, he will be saved, and will go in and go out, and will find pasture.</span> 10. <span class="rl-speech">The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.</span>
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> **11. <span class="rl-speech">I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.</span> 12. <span class="rl-speech">He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who doesn’t own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, leaves the sheep, and flees. The wolf snatches the sheep, and scatters them.</span> 13. <span class="rl-speech">The hired hand flees because he is a hired hand, and doesn’t care for the sheep.</span> 14. <span class="rl-speech">I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and I’m known by my own;</span> 15. <span class="rl-speech">even as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. I lay down my life for the sheep.</span> 16. <span class="rl-speech">I have other sheep, which are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will hear my voice. They will become one flock with one shepherd.</span> 17. <span class="rl-speech">Therefore the Father loves me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.</span> 18. <span class="rl-speech">No one takes it away from me, but I lay it down by myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. I received this commandment from my Father.”</span>**
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> 19. Therefore a division arose again among the Jews because of these words. 20. Many of them said, “He has a demon, and is insane! Why do you listen to him?” (John 10:9-20, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 9. <span class="rl-speech">I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.</span> 10. <span class="rl-speech">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.</span>
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> **11. <span class="rl-speech">I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.</span> 12. <span class="rl-speech">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.</span> 13. <span class="rl-speech">The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.</span> 14. <span class="rl-speech">I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.</span> 15. <span class="rl-speech">As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.</span> 16. <span class="rl-speech">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.</span> 17. <span class="rl-speech">Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.</span> 18. <span class="rl-speech">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.</span>**
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> 19. There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings. 20. And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him? (John 10:9-20, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 9. <span class="rl-speech">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.</span> 10. <span class="rl-speech">'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.</span>
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> **11. <span class="rl-speech">'I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd his life layeth down for the sheep;</span> 12. <span class="rl-speech">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;</span> 13. <span class="rl-speech">and the hireling doth flee because he is an hireling, and is not caring for the sheep.</span> 14. <span class="rl-speech">'I am the good shepherd, and I know my [sheep], and am known by mine,</span> 15. <span class="rl-speech">according as the Father doth know me, and I know the Father, and my life I lay down for the sheep,</span> 16. <span class="rl-speech">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.</span> 17. <span class="rl-speech">'Because of this doth the Father love me, because I lay down my life, that again I may take it;</span> 18. <span class="rl-speech">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.'</span>**
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> 19. Therefore, again, there came a division among the Jews, because of these words, 20. and many of them said, 'He hath a demon, and is mad, why do ye hear him?' (John 10:9-20, YLT)

## Setting

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- **Audience:** _TBD_
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## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._

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## Quoted in

**Arguments and defeaters:**

- [Animal Sacrifice Objection Defeater](/codex/animal-sacrifice-objection-defeater/), via [John 10.18](/codex/john-10-18/)
- [Cursed Messiah Objection Defeater](/codex/cursed-messiah-objection-defeater/), via [John 10.17](/codex/john-10-17/), [John 10.17-18](/codex/john-10-17-18/), [John 10.18](/codex/john-10-18/)
- [Davids Census 70000 Dead Objection Defeater](/codex/davids-census-70000-dead-objection-defeater/), via [John 10.11](/codex/john-10-11/)
- [Did Jesus Send Muhammad Dilemma Argument](/codex/did-jesus-send-muhammad-dilemma-argument/), via [John 10.17-18](/codex/john-10-17-18/)
- [Gentiles Cannot Be Saved Objection Defeater](/codex/gentiles-cannot-be-saved-objection-defeater/), via [John 10.16](/codex/john-10-16/)
- [Jesus Came Only for Israel Objection Defeater](/codex/jesus-came-only-for-israel-objection-defeater/), via [John 10.16](/codex/john-10-16/)
- [Jesus is Not a Human Sacrifice (Defeater)](/codex/jesus-is-not-a-human-sacrifice-defeater/), via [John 10.18](/codex/john-10-18/)
- [Jesus's Sacrifice Was Not Real Because He Rose Objection Defeater](/codex/jesuss-sacrifice-was-not-real-because-he-rose-objection-defeater/), via [John 10.17-18](/codex/john-10-17-18/)
- [No One Can Die For Another Objection Defeater](/codex/no-one-can-die-for-another-objection-defeater/), via [John 10.11](/codex/john-10-11/), [John 10.17-18](/codex/john-10-17-18/), [John 10.18](/codex/john-10-18/)
- [OT vs NT God Objection Defeater](/codex/ot-vs-nt-god-objection-defeater/), via [John 10.17-18](/codex/john-10-17-18/)

**Concepts:**

- [Atheism](/codex/atheism/), via [John 10.18](/codex/john-10-18/)
- [Calvinism](/codex/calvinism/), via [John 10.15](/codex/john-10-15/)
- [Canons of Dort](/codex/canons-of-dort/), via [John 10.15](/codex/john-10-15/)
- [Christ vs Other Religion-Founders](/codex/christ-vs-other-religion-founders/), via [John 10.18](/codex/john-10-18/)
- [Christology](/codex/christology/), via [John 10.11](/codex/john-10-11/)
- [Christs Deity](/codex/christs-deity/), via [John 10.18](/codex/john-10-18/)
- [Father-Son Authority Asymmetry](/codex/father-son-authority-asymmetry/), via [John 10.14](/codex/john-10-14/)
- [Fivefold Ministry](/codex/ephesians-4-11/), via [John 10.11](/codex/john-10-11/)
- [Jesus Said](/codex/jesus-said/), via [John 10](/codex/john-10/)
- [Names of Jehovah](/codex/names-of-jehovah/), via [John 10.11](/codex/john-10-11/)
- [Penal Substitutionary Atonement](/codex/penal-substitutionary-atonement/), via [John 10.11](/codex/john-10-11/), [John 10.15](/codex/john-10-15/), [John 10.18](/codex/john-10-18/)
- [Verses on Gods Goodness and Human Worth](/codex/verses-on-gods-goodness-and-human-worth/), via [John 10.11](/codex/john-10-11/)

**Lexicon:**

- [G1097 - ginosko](/codex/g1097-ginosko/), via [John 10.14-15](/codex/john-10-14-15/)
- [G1453 - egeiro](/codex/g1453-egeiro/), via [John 10.17-18](/codex/john-10-17-18/)
- [G1492 - oida](/codex/g1492-oida/), via [John 10.15](/codex/john-10-15/)
- [G1510 - eimi](/codex/g1510-eimi/), via [John 10.11](/codex/john-10-11/), [John 10.14](/codex/john-10-14/)
- [G5590 - psyche](/codex/g5590-psyche/), via [John 10.11](/codex/john-10-11/), [John 10.15](/codex/john-10-15/), [John 10.17](/codex/john-10-17/)
- [H1350 - goel](/codex/h1350-goel/), via [John 10.18](/codex/john-10-18/)
- [H3045 - yada](/codex/h3045-yada/), via [John 10.14-15](/codex/john-10-14-15/)

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## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.