### Douay Rheims Bible

John 9

## The Gospel According to Saint John

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| # Chapter 10
#### 1 | Amen, amen I say to you: He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up another way, the same is a thief and a robber.
#### 2 | But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
#### 3 | To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.
#### 4 | And when he hath let out his own sheep, he goeth before them: and the sheep follow him, because they know his voice.
#### 5 | But a stranger they follow not, but fly from him, because they know not the voice of strangers.
#### 6 | This proverb Jesus spoke to them. But they understood not what he spoke to them.
#### 7 | Jesus therefore said to them again: Amen, amen I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.
#### 8 | All others, as many as have come, are thieves and robbers: and the sheep heard them not.
#### 9 | I am the door. By me, if any man enter in, he shall be saved: and he shall go in, and go out, and shall find pastures.
#### 10 | The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I am come that they may have life, and may have it more abundantly.
#### 11 | I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd giveth his life for his sheep.
#### 12 | But the hireling, and he that is not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and flieth: and the wolf catcheth, and scattereth the sheep:
#### 13 | And the hireling flieth, because he is a hireling: and he hath no care for the sheep.
#### 14 | I am the good shepherd; and I know mine, and mine know me.
#### 15 | As the Father knoweth me, and I know the Father: and I lay down my life for my sheep.
#### 16 | And other sheep I have, that 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.
#### 17 | Therefore doth the Father love me: because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.
#### 18 | No man taketh it away from me: but I lay it down of myself, and I have power to lay it down: and I have power to take it up again. This commandment have I received of my Father.
#### 19 | A dissension rose again among the Jews for these words.
#### 20 | And many of them said: He hath a devil, and is mad: why hear you him?
#### 21 | Others said: These are not the words of one that hath a devil: Can a devil open the eyes of the blind?
#### 22 | And it was the feast of the dedication at Jerusalem: and it was winter.
#### 23 | And Jesus walked in the temple, in Solomon's porch.
#### 24 | The Jews therefore came round about him, and said to him: How long dost thou hold our souls in suspense? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly.
#### 25 | Jesus answered them: I speak to you, and you believe not: the works that I do in the name of my Father, they give testimony of me.
#### 26 | But you do not believe, because you are not of my sheep.
#### 27 | My sheep hear my voice: and I know them, and they follow me.
#### 28 | And I give them life everlasting; and they shall not perish for ever, and no man shall pluck them out of my hand.
#### 29 | That which my Father hath given me, is greater than all: and no one can snatch them out of the hand of my Father.
#### 30 | I and the Father are one.
#### 31 | The Jews then took up stones to stone him.
#### 32 | Jesus answered them: Many good works I have shewed you from my Father; for which of these works do you stone me?
#### 33 | The Jews answered him: For a good work we stone thee not, but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, maketh thyself God.
#### 34 | Jesus answered them: Is it not written in your law: I said you are gods?
#### 35 | If he called them gods, to whom to word of God was spoken, and the scripture cannot be broken;
#### 36 | Do you say of him whom the Father hath sanctified and sent into the world: Thou blasphemest, because I said, I am the Son of God?
#### 37 | If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.
#### 38 | But if I do, though you will not believe me, believe the works: that you may know and believe that the Father is in me, and I in the Father.
#### 39 | They sought therefore to take him; and he escaped out of their hands.
#### 40 | And he went again beyond the Jordan, into that place where John was baptizing first; and there he abode.
#### 41 | And many resorted to him, and they said: John indeed did no sign.
#### 42 | But all things whatsoever John said of this man, were true. And many believed in him.

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