John 10:22-42

John 10

“I and the Father Are One”

²² Then the Festival of Dedication took place in Jerusalem. It was winter, ²³ and Jesus was walking in the temple area in Solomon’s Colonnade.

²⁴ So the Jews gathered around Jesus, asking, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.”

²⁵ Jesus answered them, “I did tell you, but you do not believe. The works I am doing in my Father’s name testify about me. ²⁶ But you do not believe, because you are not my sheep, as I said to you. ^{[1] 27} My sheep hear my voice. I know them, and they follow me. ²⁸ I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one will snatch them out of my hand. ²⁹ My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all. No one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand. ³⁰ I and the Father are one.”

³¹ Again the Jews picked up stones to stone him. ³² Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from my Father. For which of these are you going to stone me?”

³³ “We are not going to stone you for a good work,” the Jews answered, “but for blasphemy, because although you are a man, you make yourself out to be God.”

³⁴ Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your Law, ‘I said you are gods’? ^{[2] 35} If he called those people ‘gods,’ to whom the word of God came, and the Scripture cannot be broken, ³⁶ what about the one whom the Father set apart and sent into the world? Do you accuse me of blasphemy because I said, ‘I am God’s Son’? ³⁷ If I am not doing the works of my Father, do not believe me. ³⁸ But if I am doing them, even if you do not believe me, believe the works so that you will know and understand ^[3] that the Father is in me, and I am in the Father.”

³⁹ So they tried to arrest him again, but he eluded their grasp. ⁴⁰ He went back across the Jordan to the place where John had been baptizing earlier, and he stayed there.

⁴¹ Many came to him and were saying, “John never did a miraculous sign, but everything John said about this man was true.” ⁴² And many believed in him there.