Verse 18
John 10:18
American Standard Version
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No one taketh it away 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 received I from my Father.
Original Language Text
greek
οὐδεὶς ⸀αἴρει αὐτὴν ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ, ἀλλ’ ἐγὼ τίθημι αὐτὴν ἀπ’ ἐμαυτοῦ. ἐξουσίαν ἔχω θεῖναι αὐτήν, καὶ ἐξουσίαν ἔχω πάλιν λαβεῖν αὐτήν· ταύτην τὴν ἐντολὴν ἔλαβον παρὰ τοῦ πατρός μου.
English Translation
No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again; this command I received from my Father.
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Chapter 10 Context
1
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the fold of the sheep, but cli...
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But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
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3
To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and l...
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When he hath put forth all his own, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know hi...
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And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of stranger...
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6
This parable spake Yashua (Jesus) unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he...
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Yashua (Jesus) therefore said unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the...
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8
All that came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
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9
I am the door; by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and go out, and shall f...
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10
The thief cometh not, but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I came that they may have life,...
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I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd layeth down his life for the sheep.
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12
He that is a hireling, and not a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, beholdeth the wolf coming, a...
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[he fleeth] because he is a hireling, and careth not for the sheep.
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I am the good shepherd; and I know mine own, and mine own know me,
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even as the Father knoweth me, and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.
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And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my v...
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Therefore doth the Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.
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18
No one taketh it away from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have...
19
There arose a division again among the Jews because of these words.
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20
And many of them said, He hath a demon, and is mad; why hear ye him?
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Others said, These are not the sayings of one possessed with a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of t...
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And it was the feast of the dedication at Jerusalem:
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it was winter; and Yashua (Jesus) was walking in the temple in Solomon`s porch.
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The Jews therefore came round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou hold us in suspense?...
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Yashua (Jesus) answered them, I told you, and ye believe not: the works that I do in my Father`s nam...
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But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep.
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My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
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and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them out of...
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My Father, who hath given [them] unto me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch [them] o...
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I and the Father are one.
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31
The Jews took up stones again to stone him.
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32
Yashua (Jesus) answered them, Many good works have I showed you from the Father; for which of those...
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The Jews answered him, For a good work we stone thee not, but for blasphemy; and because that thou,...
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34
Yashua (Jesus) answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, ye are gods?
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If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God (Elohim) came (and the scripture cannot be broken)...
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say ye of him, whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said,...
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If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.
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But if I do them, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know and understand that...
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39
They sought again to take him: and he went forth out of their hand.
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40
And he went away again beyond the Jordan into the place where John was at the first baptizing; and t...
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And many came unto him; and they said, John indeed did no sign: but all things whatsoever John spake...
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And many believed on him there.
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