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   From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca   
      
   Day 293, 20 October 2025   
      
   1) John 10. Luke 13:22-35, Luke 14:1-24   
      
   John 10   
      
   The Parable of the Shepherd   
      
   1 "Truly, truly I say to you, he who does not enter by the door   
   into the sheepfold, but climbs up some other way, is a thief and a robber.   
   2 (Jn 10:14) But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.   
   3 (Jn 10:4; 10:16) To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice.   
   He calls his own sheep by name, and he leads them out.   
   4 (Jn 10:16) When he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them.   
   And the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.   
   5 Yet they will never follow a stranger, but will run away from him.   
   For they do not know the voice of strangers."   
   6 Jesus told them this parable, but they did not understand   
   what He was telling them.   
      
   [1] Verily, 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.   
   [2] But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.   
   [3] To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth   
   his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.   
   [4] And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the   
   sheep follow him: for they know his voice.   
   [5] And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they   
   know not the voice of strangers.   
   [6] This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things   
   they were which he spake unto them.   
      
   Jesus the Good Shepherd   
      
   7 (Jn 10:9; 10:1) Then Jesus said to them again, "Truly, truly I say to you,   
   I am the door of the sheep.   
   8 (Eze 34:2; Jn 10:1) All who came before Me are thieves and robbers,   
   but the sheep did not listen to them.   
   9 (Jn 10:1; 14:6) I am the door. If anyone enters through Me,   
   he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture.   
   10 (Jn 6:33; Heb 7:25) The thief does not come, except to steal and kill   
   and destroy. I came that they may have life, and that they may have it   
   more abundantly.   
   11 (Isa 40:11; Eze 34:23; Heb 13:20) "I am the good shepherd.   
   The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.   
   12 (Eze 34:2-6; Zec 11:16-17) But he who is a hired hand,   
   and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep,   
   sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep, and runs away.   
   So the wolf catches the sheep and scatters them.   
   13 The hired hand runs away because he is a hired hand   
   and does not care about the sheep.   
   14 (Jn 10:27; Isa 53:11) "I am the good shepherd. I know My sheep   
   and am known by My own.   
   15 (Mt 11:27; Jn 10:11; Isa 53:10) Even as the Father knows Me,   
   so I know the Father. And I lay down My life for the sheep.   
   16 (Isa 56:8; Jn 11:52) I have other sheep who are not of this fold.   
   I must also bring them, and they will hear My voice. There will   
   be one flock and one shepherd.   
   17 (Jn 10:11; Heb 2:9) Therefore My Father loves Me,   
   because I lay down My life that I may take it up again.   
   18 (Jn 15:10; 14:31) No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down Myself.   
   I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it up again.   
   I received this command from My Father."   
   19 (Jn 9:16) Therefore there was a division again among the Jews   
   because of these sayings.   
   20 (Mk 3:21; Jn 7:20) Many of them said, "He has a demon and is insane.   
   Why do you listen to Him?"   
   21 (Ex 4:11; Ps 146:8) Others said, "These are not the words of one who   
   has a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?"   
      
   [7] Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am   
   the door of the sheep.   
   [8] All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did   
   not hear them.   
   [9] I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall   
   go in and out, and find pasture.   
   [10] 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.   
   [11] I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the   
   sheep.   
   [12] 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.   
   [13] The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the   
   sheep.   
   [14] I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.   
   [15] As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my   
   life for the sheep.   
   [16] 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.   
   [17] Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I   
   might take it again.   
   [18] 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.   
   [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?   
   [21] Others said, These are not the words of him that hath a devil. Can a   
   devil open the eyes of the blind?   
      
   Jesus Rejected by the Jews   
      
   22 The Feast of the Dedication (Or Hanukkah.) was at Jerusalem,   
   and it was winter.   
   23 (Ac 3:11; 5:12) Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's Porch.   
   24 (Jn 1:19) Then the Jews surrounded Him, saying, "How long will You keep   
   us in suspense? If You are the Christ, tell us plainly."   
   25 (Jn 8:58; 10:38) Jesus answered them, "I told you, and you did not believe.   
   The works that I do in My Father's name bear witness of Me.   
   26 (Jn 8:47) But you do not believe, because you are not of My sheep,   
   as I said to you.   
   27 (Jn 10:14; 10:16) My sheep hear My voice, and I know them,   
   and they follow Me.   
   28 (Jn 6:37; 6:39-40) I give them eternal life. They shall never perish,   
   nor shall anyone snatch them from My hand.   
   29 (Jn 14:28; 17:2) My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all.   
   No one is able to snatch them from My Father's hand.   
   30 (Jn 14:9; Mt 11:27) My Father and I are one."   
   31 (Jn 8:59) Again the Jews took up stones to stone Him.   
   32 Jesus answered them, "I have shown you many good works from My Father.   
   For which of those works do you stone Me?"   
   33 (Jn 5:18; Lev 24:16; Jn 10:30) The Jews answered Him,   
   "We are not stoning You for a good work, but for blasphemy,   
   and because You, being a Man, claim to be God."   
   34 (Jn 12:34; 15:25) Jesus answered them, "Is it not written in your law,   
   'I said, "You are gods"(Ps 82:6.)'?   
   35 If He called them 'gods,' to whom the word of God came,   
   and the Scripture cannot be broken,   
   36 (Jn 3:17; Jer 1:5) do you say of Him, whom the Father has sanctified   
   and sent into the world, 'You blaspheme,' because I said,   
   'I am the Son of God'?   
   37 (Jn 15:24; 10:25) If I am not doing the works of My Father,   
   do not believe Me.   
      
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