John 10:15-29

¹⁵in the same way as my Father knows me and I know my Father. Furthermore, I am ready to sacrifice myself for those who belong to me.

¹⁶And I have other people who are not Jews who will some day belong to me. They will be like MET sheep from another sheep pen. I must bring them to God/myself also. They will pay attention to what I say, and eventually all those who belong to me will be like one flock, and I will be like MET their one shepherd.

¹⁷The reason my Father loves me is that I will sacrifice my life. But after I do that, I will become alive again.

¹⁸No one is causing me to die. Instead, I have chosen to sacrifice myself. I have authority to sacrifice myself and I have authority to become alive again. That is what my Father has commanded me to do.”

¹⁹After hearing these words that Jesus said, the Jews were divided again.

²⁰Many of them said, “A demon is controlling him and has caused him to become crazy. ◄It is useless to listen to him!/Why should we listen to him?► RHQ”

²¹But others said, “What he is saying is not something a man whom a demon is controlling would say. ◄No demon could enable a blind man to see like he did!/ How could a demon enable a blind man to see like he did?► RHQ”

²²Then it was time for the celebration to remember when our ancestors rededicated the Temple in Jerusalem. It was in winter.

²³Jesus was in the Temple courtyard, walking in the place that people called King Solomon's porch.

²⁴The Jewish leaders SYN gathered around him and said, “How long will you keep us from knowing for sure if you are the Messiah? If you are the Messiah, tell us clearly!”

²⁵Jesus answered them, “I have told you that I am the Messiah, but you do not believe me! You should know who I am because of the miracles I do with my Father's authority MTY.

²⁶But instead, you do not believe in me because you do not belong to me. You are like MET sheep who belong to a different shepherd.

²⁷Just like sheep heed the voice of their true shepherd MET, my people pay attention to what I say. I know them, and they have become my disciples.

²⁸I will give them eternal life. No one will separate them from me, not ever. No one shall ever pull them away from belonging to me.

²⁹Those that my Father has given to me are more precious than anything else (OR, My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than anything that opposes them). So no one can pull them away from belonging to him MTY.