1Wahrlich, wahrlich, ich sage euch: Wer nicht zur Tür hineingeht in den Schafstall, sondern steigt anderswo hinein, der ist ein Dieb und ein Räuber.2Der aber zur Tür hineingeht, der ist der Hirte der Schafe.3Dem macht der Türhüter auf, und die Schafe hören seine Stimme; und er ruft seine Schafe mit Namen und führt sie hinaus.4Wenn er alle seine Schafe hinausgelassen hat, geht er vor ihnen her, und die Schafe folgen ihm nach; denn sie kennen seine Stimme.5Einem Fremden aber folgen sie nicht nach, sondern fliehen vor ihm; denn sie kennen die Stimme der Fremden nicht.6Dies Gleichnis sagte Jesus zu ihnen; sie verstanden aber nicht, was er ihnen damit sagte.7Da sprach Jesus wieder: Wahrlich, wahrlich, ich sage euch: Ich bin die Tür zu den Schafen.8Alle, die vor mir gekommen sind, die sind Diebe und Räuber; aber die Schafe haben ihnen nicht gehorcht.9Ich bin die Tür; wenn jemand durch mich hineingeht, wird er selig werden und wird ein und aus gehen und Weide finden. (Joh 14,6)10Ein Dieb kommt nur, um zu stehlen, zu schlachten und umzubringen. Ich bin gekommen, damit sie das Leben haben und volle Genüge.11Ich bin der gute Hirte. Der gute Hirte lässt sein Leben für die Schafe. (Ps 23,1; Jes 40,11; Hes 34,11; Joh 15,13; Hebr 13,20)12Der Mietling, der nicht Hirte ist, dem die Schafe nicht gehören, sieht den Wolf kommen und verlässt die Schafe und flieht – und der Wolf stürzt sich auf die Schafe und zerstreut sie –,13denn er ist ein Mietling und kümmert sich nicht um die Schafe.14Ich bin der gute Hirte und kenne die Meinen und die Meinen kennen mich, (2Tim 2,19)15wie mich mein Vater kennt; und ich kenne den Vater. Und ich lasse mein Leben für die Schafe.16Und ich habe noch andere Schafe, die sind nicht aus diesem Stall; auch sie muss ich herführen, und sie werden meine Stimme hören, und es wird eine Herde und ein Hirte werden. (Joh 11,52; Apg 10,34)17Darum liebt mich der Vater, weil ich mein Leben lasse, auf dass ich’s wieder empfange.18Niemand nimmt es von mir, sondern ich selber lasse es. Ich habe Macht, es zu lassen, und habe Macht, es wieder zu empfangen. Dies Gebot habe ich empfangen von meinem Vater. (Joh 5,26)19Da entstand abermals Zwietracht unter den Juden wegen dieser Worte. (Joh 7,43; Joh 9,16)20Viele unter ihnen sprachen: Er ist von einem Dämon besessen und ist von Sinnen; was hört ihr ihm zu? (Mk 3,21; Joh 7,20)21Andere sprachen: Das sind nicht Worte eines Besessenen; kann denn ein Dämon die Augen der Blinden auftun?22Es war damals das Fest der Tempelweihe in Jerusalem, und es war Winter.23Und Jesus ging umher im Tempel in der Halle Salomos. (Apg 3,11)24Da umringten ihn die Juden und sprachen zu ihm: Wie lange hältst du uns im Ungewissen? Bist du der Christus, so sage es frei heraus.25Jesus antwortete ihnen: Ich habe es euch gesagt, und ihr glaubt nicht. Die Werke, die ich tue in meines Vaters Namen, die zeugen von mir. (Joh 5,36)26Aber ihr glaubt nicht, denn ihr seid nicht von meinen Schafen. (Joh 8,45; Joh 8,47)27Meine Schafe hören meine Stimme, und ich kenne sie und sie folgen mir; (Ps 95,7)28und ich gebe ihnen das ewige Leben, und sie werden nimmermehr umkommen, und niemand wird sie aus meiner Hand reißen.29Was mir mein Vater gegeben hat, ist größer als alles, und niemand kann es aus des Vaters Hand reißen.30Ich und der Vater sind eins.
Der Vorwurf der Gotteslästerung
31Da hoben die Juden abermals Steine auf, um ihn zu steinigen. (Joh 8,59)32Jesus antwortete ihnen: Viele gute Werke habe ich euch erzeigt vom Vater; um welches dieser Werke willen wollt ihr mich steinigen?33Die Juden antworteten ihm: Um eines guten Werkes willen steinigen wir dich nicht, sondern um der Gotteslästerung willen und weil du ein Mensch bist und machst dich selbst zu Gott. (Mt 9,3; Mt 26,65; Joh 5,18)34Jesus antwortete ihnen: Steht nicht geschrieben in eurem Gesetz: »Ich habe gesagt: Ihr seid Götter«?35Wenn jene »Götter« genannt werden, zu denen das Wort Gottes geschah – und die Schrift kann doch nicht gebrochen werden –, (Mt 5,17)36wie sagt ihr dann zu dem, den der Vater geheiligt und in die Welt gesandt hat: Du lästerst Gott –, weil ich sage: Ich bin Gottes Sohn? (Joh 5,17)37Tue ich nicht die Werke meines Vaters, so glaubt mir nicht;38tue ich sie aber, so glaubt doch den Werken, wenn ihr mir nicht glauben wollt, auf dass ihr erkennt und wisst, dass der Vater in mir ist und ich im Vater.39Da suchten sie abermals, ihn zu ergreifen. Aber er entging ihren Händen. (Lk 4,30; Joh 8,59)40Und er ging wieder fort auf die andere Seite des Jordans an den Ort, wo Johannes zuvor getauft hatte, und blieb dort. (Joh 1,28)41Und viele kamen zu ihm und sprachen: Johannes hat zwar kein Zeichen getan; aber alles, was Johannes von diesem gesagt hat, das ist wahr.42Und viele dort glaubten an ihn.
1“Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber.2But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.3To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.4When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.5A stranger they will not follow, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.” (Joh 10,12)6This figure of speech Jesus used with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them. (Mk 9,32; Joh 9,40)7So Jesus again said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. (Joh 10,9; Joh 14,6; Eph 2,18)8All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.9I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture. (Ps 23,2; Hes 34,14; Joh 5,34)10The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. (Jer 23,1; Hes 34,3)11I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. (Jes 40,11; Hes 34,12; Hes 34,23; Hes 37,24; Sach 13,7; Mt 20,28; Mk 10,45; Joh 10,15; Joh 10,17; Joh 15,13; Joh 21,15; Hebr 13,20; 1Petr 2,25; 1Petr 5,4; 1Joh 3,16; Offb 7,17)12He who is a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. (Jer 23,1; Hes 34,2; Sach 11,17; Sach 13,7)13He flees because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep. (Sach 11,16; 1Petr 5,2)14I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, (Nah 1,7; Joh 10,4; Joh 10,11; Joh 10,27; 2Tim 2,19)15just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep. (Mt 11,27; Joh 10,11)16And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd. (Jes 56,8; Hes 34,11; Hes 34,23; Hes 37,24; Mt 8,11; Joh 5,25; Joh 11,52; Joh 12,32; Joh 17,11; Joh 17,21; Joh 18,37; Apg 28,28; Eph 2,13; 1Petr 2,25)17For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it up again. (Jes 53,7; Jes 53,12; Joh 5,20; Joh 10,11; Phil 2,9; Hebr 2,9)18No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from my Father.” (Mt 26,53; Joh 2,19; Joh 5,30; Joh 10,17; Joh 12,49; Joh 14,31; Joh 15,10; Phil 2,7)19There was again a division among the Jews because of these words. (Joh 7,43; Joh 9,16)20Many of them said, “He has a demon, and is insane; why listen to him?” (Mk 3,21; Joh 7,20)21Others said, “These are not the words of one who is oppressed by a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?” (2Mo 4,11; Ps 146,8; Joh 9,33)
I and the Father Are One
22At that time the Feast of Dedication took place at Jerusalem. It was winter,23and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the colonnade of Solomon. (Apg 3,11; Apg 5,12)24So the Jews gathered around him and said to him, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.” (Mt 26,63; Lk 22,67; Joh 1,41)25Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in my Father’s name bear witness about me, (Joh 5,36; Joh 5,43; Joh 10,38)26but you do not believe because you are not among my sheep. (Joh 8,47)27My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. (Joh 10,14; Joh 10,16)28I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. (Joh 6,37; Joh 17,12; Joh 18,9; 1Joh 2,25; 1Joh 5,11)29My Father, who has given them to me,[1] is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand. (5Mo 32,39; Jes 49,2; Jes 51,16; Joh 6,37; Joh 14,28; Joh 17,2)30I and the Father are one.” (Joh 5,19; Joh 14,9; Joh 17,11; Joh 17,22)31The Jews picked up stones again to stone him. (Joh 8,59)32Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you going to stone me?”33The Jews answered him, “It is not for a good work that we are going to stone you but for blasphemy, because you, being a man, make yourself God.” (3Mo 24,16; Mt 9,3; Joh 5,18)34Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your Law, ‘I said, you are gods’? (Ps 82,6; Joh 12,34; Joh 15,25; 1Kor 14,21)35If he called them gods to whom the word of God came—and Scripture cannot be broken— (Mt 5,17; Mt 5,19)36do you say of him whom the Father consecrated and sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’? (Joh 3,17; Joh 5,17; Joh 6,27; Joh 10,30)37If I am not doing the works of my Father, then do not believe me; (Joh 15,24)38but if I do them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.” (Joh 8,29; Joh 10,25; Joh 14,10; Joh 14,11; Joh 14,20; Joh 17,21; Joh 17,23)39Again they sought to arrest him, but he escaped from their hands. (Joh 7,30; Joh 7,44)40He went away again across the Jordan to the place where John had been baptizing at first, and there he remained. (Joh 1,28)41And many came to him. And they said, “John did no sign, but everything that John said about this man was true.” (Joh 1,7; Joh 1,29; Joh 3,27; Joh 5,33)42And many believed in him there. (Joh 7,31)
Johannes 10
King James Version
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.19There 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?22And 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.