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 sheep. 3To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out. 4And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice. 5And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers. 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 door of the sheep. 8All that ever came before me are 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 steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. 11I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd 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 leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep. 13The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep. 14I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine. 15As the Father knoweth me, even so know I 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 shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd. 17Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. 18No 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.
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 porch. 24Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly. 25Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father’s name, they bear witness of me. 26But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you. 27My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow 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 gave 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 one. 31Then the Jews took up stones 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 blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God. 34Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods? 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 sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God? 37If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. 38But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him. 39Therefore they sought 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.
Dobri pastir i njegove ovce
1“Zaista vam kažem, svatko tko u ovčinjak ne ulazi na vrata, nego se šulja preko zida, sigurno je lopov i razbojnik. 2Jer pastir ulazi na vrata. 3Njemu vratar otvara vrata, a ovce slušaju njegov glas i dolaze mu. On svoje ovce zove imenom te ih izvodi van. 4Ide pred njima, a one ga slijede jer mu poznaju glas. 5Za strancem neće poći, već će od njega pobjeći jer ne poznaju glas tuđinca.”
6Oni koji su čuli tu Isusovu prispodobu nisu shvatili što je njome htio reći. 7Zato im ju on objasni: “Zaista vam kažem, ja sam vrata ovcama. 8Svi koji su došli prije mene bili su lopovi i razbojnici. Ali prave ih ovce nisu poslušale. 9Ja sam vrata. Koji su ušli kroz vrata, bit će spašeni, ulazit će i izlaziti te nalaziti zelenu pašu. 10Nakana je lopova da ukrade, zakolje i uništi. Ja sam došao da dadem vječni život, i to da ga imaju u izobilju.
11Ja sam dobri pastir. Dobri pastir daje svoj život za ovce. 12Najamnik će pobjeći i napustiti ovce kad vidi da dolazi vuk jer nisu njegove i jer on nije njihov pastir. Vuk ih onda grabi i razgoni stado. 13Najamnik bježi jer je unajmljen i ne mari za ovce.
14Ja sam dobri pastir. Poznajem svoje ovce i one poznaju mene, 15kao što Otac poznaje mene i kao što ja poznajem Oca. Ja dajem svoj život za ovce. 16Imam i drugih ovaca, koje nisu iz ovog ovčinjaka. I njih mi valja dovesti. One će čuti moj glas, pa će tako biti jedno stado s jednim pastirom.
17Otac me voli jer dajem svoj život da bih ga opet mogao uzeti. 18Nitko mi ga ne može oduzeti bez mojega pristanka; dobrovoljno dajem svoj život. Imam vlast dati ga i uzeti ga natrag. Tu mi je zapovijed dao Otac.”
19Kad to reče, Židovi opet ostanu podijeljenih mišljenja. 20Neki su govorili: “Opsjednut je zloduhom i luduje. Čemu slušati takvog čovjeka?” 21“Ne govori kao da je opsjednut”, govorili su drugi. “Zar bi zloduh mogao slijepcu vratiti vid?”
Isus tvrdi da je Božji Sin
22U Jeruzalemu bijaše zima. Svetkovao se blagdan Posvete Hrama. 23Isus je prolazio Salomonovim trijemom u Hramu. 24Opkole ga židovski vođe i upitaju ga: “Dokle ćeš nas držati u nedoumici? Ako si ti Krist, otvoreno nam to reci!”
25“Već sam vam rekao pa mi niste vjerovali”, odgovori im Isus. “Dokaz su djela koja činim u ime svojeg Oca. 26Ali vi mi ne vjerujete jer niste od mojega stada. 27Moje ovce slušaju moj glas, ja ih poznajem i one me slijede. 28Dajem im vječni život te neće nikad propasti. Nitko ih neće oteti iz moje ruke. 29Otac moj, koji mi ih je dao, je jači od svih. Zato ih nitko ne može ugrabiti iz Očeve ruke. 30Ja i Otac jedno smo.”
31Tada židovski vođe opet pograbe kamenje da ga kamenuju. 32Isus im reče: “Po Božjemu sam nalogu učinio mnoga dobra djela da pomognem narodu. Za koje me od tih djela želite kamenovati?”
33“Ne činimo to zbog dobrih djela,” odgovore oni, “već zbog svetogrđa. Običan si čovjek, a praviš se Bogom!”
34“Ne piše li u vašem Zakonu: ‘Ja rekoh, vi ste bogovi!’”10:34 Psalam 82:6. Isus je Židovima govorio na hebrejskome. Riječ elohim u ovome je kontekstu osim bogovi mogla značiti i suci. odgovori on. 35“Ako dakle Sveto pismo, koje se ne može promijeniti, bogovima naziva ljude kojima je upućena Božja riječ, 36zašto meni, koga je Otac poslao u svijet i posvetio, kažete da hulim zato što kažem: ‘Sin sam Božji’? 37Nemojte mi vjerovati ako ne činim djela svojega Oca. 38Ali ako ih činim, vjerujte barem tim djelima kad već meni ne vjerujete. Uvjerite se da je Otac u meni i ja u njemu.”
39Tada ga opet pokušaju uhvatiti, no on im umakne. 40Prijeđe na drugu stranu Jordana, na mjesto gdje je prije Ivan krstio, i ondje ostane. 41Mnogi pođu za njim. “Ivan nije činio čudesa,” govorili su ljudi među sobom, “ali sve što je prorekao za ovog čovjeka bila je istina.” 42I mnogi ondje povjeruju u njega.
