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John 10

Highlighted words differ from the WEB. Most differences are matters of wording, style or the age of the English, not of meaning; a few reflect different manuscripts.

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    WEB“Most certainly, I tell you, one who doesn’t enter by the door into the sheep fold, but climbs up some other way, is a thief and a robber.
    KJVVerily, 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.
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    WEBBut one who enters in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
    KJVBut he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
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    WEBThe gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
    KJVTo him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.
  4. 4
    WEBWhenever he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.
    KJVAnd when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.
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    WEBThey will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him; for they don’t know the voice of strangers.”
    KJVAnd a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.
  6. 6
    WEBJesus spoke this parable to them, but they didn’t understand what he was telling them.
    KJVThis parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.
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    WEBJesus therefore said to them again, “Most certainly, I tell you, I am the sheep’s door.
    KJVThen said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.
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    WEBAll who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep didn’t listen to them.
    KJVAll that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
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    WEBI am the door. If anyone enters in by me, he will be saved, and will go in and go out and will find pasture.
    KJVI am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
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    WEBThe thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.
    KJVThe 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.
  11. 11
    WEB“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
    KJVI am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
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    WEBHe 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.
    KJVBut 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.
  13. 13
    WEBThe hired hand flees because he is a hired hand and doesn’t care for the sheep.
    KJVThe hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.
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    WEBI am the good shepherd. I know my own, and I’m known by my own;
    KJVI am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.
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    WEBeven as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. I lay down my life for the sheep.
    KJVAs the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.
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    WEBI 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.
    KJVAnd 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.
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    WEBTherefore the Father loves me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.
    KJVTherefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.
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    WEBNo 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.”
    KJVNo 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.
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    WEBTherefore a division arose again among the Jews because of these words.
    KJVThere was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings.
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    WEBMany of them said, “He has a demon and is insane! Why do you listen to him?”
    KJVAnd many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him?
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    WEBOthers said, “These are not the sayings of one possessed by a demon. It isn’t possible for a demon to open the eyes of the blind, is it?”
    KJVOthers said, These are not the words of him that hath a devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind?
  22. 22
    WEBIt was the Feast of the Dedication at Jerusalem.
    KJVAnd it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter.
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    WEBIt was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple, in Solomon’s porch.
    KJVAnd Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon’s porch.
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    WEBThe Jews therefore came around him and said to him, “How long will you hold us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.”
    KJVThen 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.
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    WEBJesus answered them, “I told you, and you don’t believe. The works that I do in my Father’s name, these testify about me.
    KJVJesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father’s name, they bear witness of me.
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    WEBBut you don’t believe, because you are not of my sheep, as I told you.
    KJVBut ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.
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    WEBMy sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
    KJVMy sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
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    WEBI give eternal life to them. They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.
    KJVAnd I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
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    WEBMy Father who has given them to me is greater than all. No one is able to snatch them out of my Father’s hand.
    KJVMy Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand.
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    WEBI and the Father are one.”
    KJVI and my Father are one.
  31. 31
    WEBTherefore the Jews took up stones again to stone him.
    KJVThen the Jews took up stones again to stone him.
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    WEBJesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from my Father. For which of those works do you stone me?”
    KJVJesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?
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    WEBThe Jews answered him, “We don’t stone you for a good work, but for blasphemy, because you, being a man, make yourself God.”
    KJVThe 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.
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    WEBJesus answered them, “Isn’t it written in your law, ‘I said, you are gods’?
    KJVJesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?
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    WEBIf he called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture can’t be broken),
    KJVIf he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;
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    WEBdo you say of him whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, ‘You blaspheme,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’?
    KJVSay ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?
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    WEBIf I don’t do the works of my Father, don’t believe me.
    KJVIf I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.
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    WEBBut if I do them, though you don’t believe me, believe the works, that you may know and believe that the Father is in me, and I in the Father.”
    KJVBut 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.
  39. 39
    WEBThey sought again to seize him, and he went out of their hand.
    KJVTherefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand,
  40. 40
    WEBHe went away again beyond the Jordan into the place where John was baptizing at first, and he stayed there.
    KJVAnd went away again beyond Jordan into the place where John at first baptized; and there he abode.
  41. 41
    WEBMany came to him. They said, “John indeed did no sign, but everything that John said about this man is true.”
    KJVAnd many resorted unto him, and said, John did no miracle: but all things that John spake of this man were true.
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    WEBMany believed in him there.
    KJVAnd many believed on him there.
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