Verse 21
John 10:21
New Living Translation
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Others said, “This doesn’t sound like a man possessed by a demon! Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”
Original Language Text
greek
⸀ἄλλοι ἔλεγον· Ταῦτα τὰ ῥήματα οὐκ ἔστιν δαιμονιζομένου· μὴ δαιμόνιον δύναται τυφλῶν ὀφθαλμοὺς ⸀ἀνοῖξαι;
English Translation
Others were saying: "These words are not from one possessed by a demon; can a demon open the eyes of the blind?"
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Chapter 10 Context
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“I tell you the truth, anyone who sneaks over the wall of a sheepfold, rather than going through the...
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But the one who enters through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.
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The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep recognize his voice and come to him. He calls h...
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After he has gathered his own flock, he walks ahead of them, and they follow him because they know h...
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They won’t follow a stranger; they will run from him because they don’t know his voice.”
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Those who heard Yashua (Jesus) use this illustration didn’t understand what he meant,
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so he explained it to them: “I tell you the truth, I am the gate for the sheep.
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All who came before me were thieves and robbers. But the true sheep did not listen to them.
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Yes, I am the gate. Those who come in through me will be saved. They will come and go freely and wil...
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The thief’s purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfyi...
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“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd sacrifices his life for the sheep.
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A hired hand will run when he sees a wolf coming. He will abandon the sheep because they don’t belon...
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The hired hand runs away because he’s working only for the money and doesn’t really care about the s...
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“I am the good shepherd; I know my own sheep, and they know me,
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just as my Father knows me and I know the Father. So I sacrifice my life for the sheep.
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I have other sheep, too, that are not in this sheepfold. I must bring them also. They will listen to...
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“The Father loves me because I sacrifice my life so I may take it back again.
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No one can take my life from me. I sacrifice it voluntarily. For I have the authority to lay it down...
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When he said these things, the people were again divided in their opinions about him.
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Some said, “He’s demon possessed and out of his mind. Why listen to a man like that?”
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Others said, “This doesn’t sound like a man possessed by a demon! Can a demon open the eyes of the b...
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It was now winter, and Yashua (Jesus) was in Jerusalem at the time of Hanukkah, the Festival of Dedi...
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He was in the Temple, walking through the section known as Solomon’s Colonnade.
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The people surrounded him and asked, “How long are you going to keep us in suspense? If you are the...
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Yashua (Jesus) replied, “I have already told you, and you don’t believe me. The proof is the work I...
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But you don’t believe me because you are not my sheep.
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My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.
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I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them away from me,
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for my Father has given them to me, and he is more powerful than anyone else. No one can snatch them...
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The Father and I are one.”
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Once again the people picked up stones to kill him.
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Yashua (Jesus) said, “At my Father’s direction I have done many good works. For which one are you go...
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They replied, “We’re stoning you not for any good work, but for blasphemy! You, a mere man, claim to...
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Yashua (Jesus) replied, “It is written in your own Scriptures that God (Elohim) said to certain lead...
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And you know that the Scriptures cannot be altered. So if those people who received God (Elohim)’s m...
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why do you call it blasphemy when I say, ‘I am the Son of God (Elohim)’? After all, the Father set m...
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Don’t believe me unless I carry out my Father’s work.
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But if I do his work, believe in the evidence of the miraculous works I have done, even if you don’t...
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Once again they tried to arrest him, but he got away and left them.
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He went beyond the Jordan River near the place where John was first baptizing and stayed there awhil...
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And many followed him. “John didn’t perform miraculous signs,” they remarked to one another, “but ev...
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And many who were there believed in Yashua (Jesus).
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