1«In verità, in verità vi dico che chi non entra per la porta nell’ovile delle pecore, ma vi sale da un’altra parte, è un ladro e un brigante.2Ma colui che entra per la porta è il pastore delle pecore.3A lui apre il portinaio, e le pecore ascoltano la sua voce; ed egli chiama le proprie pecore per nome e le conduce fuori.4Quando ha messo fuori tutte le sue pecore, va davanti a loro, e le pecore lo seguono, perché conoscono la sua voce.5Ma un estraneo non lo seguiranno; anzi, fuggiranno via da lui perché non conoscono la voce degli estranei».6Questa similitudine disse loro Gesù; ma essi non capirono quali fossero le cose che diceva loro.7Perciò Gesù di nuovo disse loro: «In verità, in verità vi dico: io sono la porta delle pecore.8Tutti quelli che sono venuti {prima di me}, sono stati ladri e briganti; ma le pecore non li hanno ascoltati.9Io sono la porta; se uno entra per me, sarà salvato, entrerà e uscirà, e troverà pastura.10Il ladro non viene se non per rubare, ammazzare e distruggere; io sono venuto perché abbiano la vita e l’abbiano in abbondanza.11Io sono il buon pastore; il buon pastore dà la sua vita per le pecore.12Il mercenario, che non è pastore e al quale non appartengono le pecore, vede venire il lupo, abbandona le pecore e si dà alla fuga (e il lupo le rapisce e le disperde),13perché è mercenario e non si cura delle pecore.14Io sono il buon pastore, e conosco le mie, e le mie conoscono me,15come il Padre mi conosce e io conosco il Padre, e do la mia vita per le pecore.16Ho anche altre pecore, che non sono di quest’ovile; anche quelle devo raccogliere, ed esse ascolteranno la mia voce, e vi sarà un solo gregge, un solo pastore.17Per questo mi ama il Padre; perché io depongo la mia vita per riprenderla poi.18Nessuno me la toglie, ma io la depongo da me. Ho il potere di deporla e ho il potere di riprenderla. Quest’ordine ho ricevuto dal Padre mio».19Nacque di nuovo un dissenso tra i Giudei per queste parole.20Molti di loro dicevano: «Ha un demonio ed è fuori di sé; perché lo ascoltate?»21Altri dicevano: «Queste non sono parole di un indemoniato. Può un demonio aprire gli occhi ai ciechi?»
Gesù afferma la sua divinità
22In quel tempo ebbe luogo in Gerusalemme la festa della Dedicazione[1]. Era d’inverno,23e Gesù passeggiava nel tempio, sotto il portico di Salomone.24I Giudei dunque gli si fecero attorno e gli dissero: «Fino a quando terrai sospeso l’animo nostro? Se tu sei il Cristo, diccelo apertamente».25Gesù rispose loro: «Ve l’ho detto, e non lo credete; le opere che faccio nel nome del Padre mio, sono quelle che testimoniano di me;26ma voi non credete, perché non siete delle mie pecore.27Le mie pecore ascoltano la mia voce e io le conosco, ed esse mi seguono;28e io do loro la vita eterna, e non periranno mai, e nessuno le rapirà dalla mia mano.29Il Padre mio che me le ha date è più grande di tutti; e nessuno può rapirle dalla mano del Padre.30Io e il Padre siamo uno».31I Giudei presero di nuovo delle pietre per lapidarlo.32Gesù disse loro: «Vi ho mostrato molte buone opere da parte del Padre; per quale di queste opere mi lapidate?»33I Giudei gli risposero: «Non ti lapidiamo per una buona opera, ma per bestemmia, e perché tu, che sei uomo, ti fai Dio».34Gesù rispose loro: «Non sta scritto nella vostra legge: “Io ho detto: voi siete dèi”[2]?35Se chiama dèi coloro ai quali la parola di Dio è stata diretta (e la Scrittura non può essere annullata),36a colui che il Padre ha santificato e mandato nel mondo voi dite: “Tu bestemmi”, perché ho detto: “Sono Figlio di Dio”?37Se non faccio le opere del Padre mio, non credetemi;38ma se le faccio, anche se non credete a me, credete alle opere, affinché sappiate e riconosciate che il Padre è in me e io sono nel Padre».39Essi {perciò} cercavano nuovamente di arrestarlo; ma egli sfuggì loro dalle mani.40Gesù se ne andò di nuovo oltre il Giordano, dove Giovanni da principio battezzava, e là si trattenne.41Molti vennero a lui e dicevano: «Giovanni, è vero, non fece nessun segno miracoloso; ma tutto quello che Giovanni disse di quest’uomo era vero».42E là molti credettero in lui.
1Wahrlich, wahrlich, ich sage euch: Wer nicht durch die Tür in den Hof der Schafe hineingeht, sondern anderswo hinübersteigt, der ist ein Dieb und ein Räuber. (Ger 23,1; Ez 34,2; Giov 10,8)2Wer aber durch die Tür hineingeht, ist Hirte der Schafe.3Diesem öffnet der Türhüter, und die Schafe hören seine Stimme, und er ruft die eigenen Schafe mit Namen und führt sie heraus. (Is 43,1; Giov 10,16)4Wenn er die eigenen ⟨Schafe⟩ alle herausgebracht hat, geht er vor ihnen her, und die Schafe folgen ihm, weil sie seine Stimme kennen.5Einem Fremden aber werden sie nicht folgen, sondern werden vor ihm fliehen, weil sie die Stimme der Fremden nicht kennen.6Diese Bildrede sprach Jesus zu ihnen; sie aber verstanden nicht, was es war, das er zu ihnen redete. (Giov 16,25)7Jesus sprach nun wieder zu ihnen: Wahrlich, wahrlich, ich sage euch: Ich bin die Tür der Schafe.8Alle, die vor mir gekommen sind, sind Diebe und Räuber; aber die Schafe hörten nicht auf sie. (Ger 23,1; Ez 34,2)9Ich bin die Tür; wenn jemand durch mich hineingeht, so wird er gerettet werden und wird ein- und ausgehen und Weide finden. (Giov 14,6)10Der Dieb kommt nur, um zu stehlen und zu schlachten und zu verderben. Ich bin gekommen, damit sie Leben haben und ⟨es in⟩ Überfluss haben. (Giov 6,33)11Ich bin der gute Hirte; der gute Hirte lässt[1] sein Leben für die Schafe. (Sal 23,1; Is 40,11; Ez 34,11; Mat 20,28; Giov 15,13; Eb 13,20; 1P 2,25; 1P 5,4)12Wer Lohnarbeiter[2] und nicht Hirte ist, wer die Schafe nicht zu eigen hat, sieht den Wolf kommen und verlässt die Schafe und flieht – und der Wolf raubt und zerstreut sie –, (Ez 34,2; Zac 11,17)13weil er ein Lohnarbeiter ist und sich um die Schafe nicht kümmert[3].14Ich bin der gute Hirte; und ich kenne die Meinen, und die Meinen kennen mich, (Sal 23,1; Is 40,11; Ez 34,11; Giov 10,27; 2Ti 2,19; Eb 13,20; 1P 2,25; 1P 5,4)15wie der Vater mich kennt und ich den Vater kenne; und ich lasse[4] mein Leben für die Schafe. (Mat 20,28; Giov 7,29; Giov 15,13)16Und ich habe andere Schafe, die nicht aus diesem Hof sind; auch diese muss ich bringen, und sie werden meine Stimme hören, und es wird eine Herde, ein Hirte sein. (Giov 10,3; Giov 11,52; At 28,28; Ro 9,24; Ef 2,14)17Darum liebt mich der Vater, weil ich mein Leben lasse[5], um es wiederzunehmen. (Giov 2,21; Giov 3,35)18Niemand nimmt es von mir, sondern ich lasse[6] es von mir selbst. Ich habe Vollmacht, es zu lassen[7], und habe Vollmacht, es wiederzunehmen. Dieses Gebot habe ich von meinem Vater empfangen. – (Giov 5,26; Giov 14,31; Giov 19,30; Eb 9,14)19Es entstand wieder ein Zwiespalt unter den Juden dieser Worte wegen. (Giov 7,12)20Viele aber von ihnen sagten: Er hat einen Dämon und ist von Sinnen. Was hört ihr ihn? (Mar 3,21; Giov 7,20)21Andere sagten: Diese Reden sind nicht die eines Besessenen. Kann etwa ein Dämon der Blinden Augen öffnen?22Es war damals das Fest der Tempelweihe[8] in Jerusalem; es war Winter.23Und Jesus ging in dem Tempel umher, in der Säulenhalle Salomos. (At 3,11)24Da umringten ihn die Juden und sprachen zu ihm: Bis wann hältst du unsere Seele hin? Wenn du der Christus bist, so sage es uns frei heraus. (Mat 11,3; Mat 26,63)25Jesus antwortete ihnen: Ich habe es euch gesagt, und ihr glaubt nicht. Die Werke, die ich in dem Namen meines Vaters tue, diese zeugen von mir; (Giov 5,36; Giov 10,37)26aber ihr glaubt nicht, denn ihr seid nicht von meinen Schafen, wie ich euch gesagt habe. (Giov 5,38)27Meine Schafe hören meine Stimme, und ich kenne sie, und sie folgen mir; (Giov 8,47; Giov 10,3; Giov 10,14; Ap 14,4)28und ich gebe ihnen ewiges Leben, und sie gehen nicht verloren in Ewigkeit[9], und niemand wird sie aus meiner Hand rauben. (Giov 3,15; Giov 6,39; Giov 17,2)29Mein Vater, der ⟨sie⟩ mir gegeben hat, ist größer als alle[10], und niemand kann ⟨sie⟩ aus der Hand ⟨meines⟩ Vaters rauben. (Giov 6,37; Giov 14,28; 1P 1,5)30Ich und der Vater sind eins. (Giov 17,11)
Anschläge gegen Jesus
31Da hoben die Juden wieder Steine auf, dass sie ihn steinigten. (Giov 8,59)32Jesus antwortete ihnen: Viele gute Werke habe ich euch von meinem Vater gezeigt. Für welches Werk unter ihnen steinigt ihr mich? (Mat 15,31)33Die Juden antworteten ihm: Wegen eines guten Werkes steinigen wir dich nicht, sondern wegen Lästerung, und weil du, der du ein Mensch bist, dich selbst zu Gott machst. (Mat 26,65; Mar 2,7; Giov 5,18; Fili 2,8)34Jesus antwortete ihnen: Steht nicht in eurem Gesetz geschrieben: »Ich habe gesagt: Ihr seid Götter«? (Sal 82,6)35Wenn er jene Götter nannte, an die das Wort Gottes erging – und die Schrift kann nicht aufgelöst werden –, (Mat 5,17)36sagt ihr von dem, den der Vater geheiligt und in die Welt gesandt hat: Du lästerst, weil ich sagte: Ich bin Gottes Sohn? (Ger 1,5; Mat 27,43; Giov 5,36)37Wenn ich nicht die Werke meines Vaters tue, so glaubt mir nicht! (Giov 10,25)38Wenn ich sie aber tue, so glaubt den Werken, wenn ihr auch mir nicht glaubt, damit ihr erkennt und versteht[11], dass der Vater in mir ist und ich in dem Vater! (Giov 14,10; Giov 17,21; 2Co 5,19)39Da suchten sie wieder ihn zu greifen, und er entging ihrer Hand. (Giov 7,30; Giov 8,59)40Und er ging wieder weg jenseits des Jordan an den Ort, wo Johannes zuerst taufte, und er blieb dort. (Mat 19,1; Giov 1,28)41Und viele kamen zu ihm und sagten: Johannes tat zwar kein Zeichen; alles aber, was Johannes von diesem gesagt hat, war wahr.42Und es glaubten dort viele an ihn. (Giov 4,39)
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.” (Giov 10,12)6This figure of speech Jesus used with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them. (Mar 9,32; Giov 9,40)7So Jesus again said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. (Giov 10,9; Giov 14,6; Ef 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. (Sal 23,2; Ez 34,14; Giov 5,34)10The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. (Ger 23,1; Ez 34,3)11I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. (Sal 23,1; Is 40,11; Ez 34,12; Ez 34,23; Ez 37,24; Zac 13,7; Mat 20,28; Mar 10,45; Giov 10,15; Giov 15,13; Giov 21,15; Eb 13,20; 1P 2,25; 1P 5,4; 1G 3,16; Ap 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. (Ger 23,1; Ez 34,2; Zac 11,17; Zac 13,7)13He flees because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep. (Zac 11,16; 1P 5,2)14I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, (Na 1,7; Giov 10,4; Giov 10,27; Giov 11,1; 2Ti 2,19)15just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep. (Mat 11,27; Giov 11,1)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. (Is 56,8; Ez 34,11; Ez 34,23; Ez 37,24; Mat 8,11; Mat 8,12; Giov 5,25; Giov 11,52; Giov 12,32; Giov 17,11; Giov 17,21; Giov 17,22; Giov 18,37; At 28,28; Ef 2,13; 1P 2,25)17For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it up again. (Is 53,7; Is 53,8; Is 53,12; Giov 5,20; Giov 10,11; Fili 2,9; Eb 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.” (Mat 26,53; Giov 2,19; Giov 5,30; Giov 10,17; Giov 12,49; Giov 14,31; Giov 15,10; Fili 2,7)19There was again a division among the Jews because of these words. (Giov 7,43; Giov 9,16)20Many of them said, “He has a demon, and is insane; why listen to him?” (Mar 3,21; Giov 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?” (Eso 4,11; Sal 146,8; Giov 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. (At 3,11; At 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.” (Mat 26,63; Lu 22,67; Giov 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, (Giov 5,36; Giov 5,43; Giov 10,38)26but you do not believe because you are not among my sheep. (Giov 8,47)27My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. (Giov 10,14)28I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. (Giov 6,37; Giov 17,12; Giov 18,9; 1G 2,25; 1G 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. (De 32,39; Is 49,2; Is 51,16; Giov 6,37; Giov 14,28; Giov 17,2)30I and the Father are one.” (Giov 5,19; Giov 14,9; Giov 17,11; Giov 17,22)31The Jews picked up stones again to stone him. (Giov 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.” (Le 24,16; Mat 9,3; Giov 5,18)34Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your Law, ‘I said, you are gods’? (Sal 82,6; Giov 12,34; Giov 15,25; 1Co 14,21)35If he called them gods to whom the word of God came—and Scripture cannot be broken— (Mat 5,17; Mat 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’? (Giov 3,17; Giov 5,17; Giov 5,18; Giov 6,27; Giov 10,30)37If I am not doing the works of my Father, then do not believe me; (Giov 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.” (Giov 8,29; Giov 10,25; Giov 14,10; Giov 14,11; Giov 14,20; Giov 17,21; Giov 17,23)39Again they sought to arrest him, but he escaped from their hands. (Giov 7,30; Giov 7,44)40He went away again across the Jordan to the place where John had been baptizing at first, and there he remained. (Giov 1,28)41And many came to him. And they said, “John did no sign, but everything that John said about this man was true.” (Giov 1,7; Giov 1,29; Giov 3,27; Giov 5,33)42And many believed in him there. (Giov 7,31)
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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.