MORE SPOKEN ENGLISH – MORE ABOUT JESUS:  #25 Jesus is a Shepherd

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John 10:1-21

 

V V V V MORE ABOUT JESUS  (maj-25.txt / maj-25.mp3) V V V V


1 "I assure you,  ("I assure you,)

anyone who sneaks over the wall of a sheepfold,  (anyone who sneaks over the wall of a sheepfold,)

rather than going through the gate,  (rather than going through the gate,)

must surely be a thief and a robber!  (must surely be a thief and a robber!)

1 "I assure you, anyone who sneaks over the wall of a sheepfold, rather than going through the gate, must surely be a thief and a robber!  ("I assure you, anyone who sneaks over the wall of a sheepfold, rather than going through the gate, must surely be a thief and a robber!)

2 For a shepherd enters through the gate.  (For a shepherd enters through the gate.)

3 The gatekeeper opens the gate for him,  (The gatekeeper opens the gate for him,)

and the sheep hear his voice and come to him.  (and the sheep hear his voice and come to him.)

3 The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep hear his voice and come to him.  (The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep hear his voice and come to him.)

He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.  (He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.)

4 After he has gathered his own flock,  (After he has gathered his own flock,)

he walks ahead of them,  (he walks ahead of them,)

and they follow him because they recognize his voice.  (and they follow him because they recognize his voice.)

4 After he has gathered his own flock, he walks ahead of them, and they follow him because they recognize his voice.  (After he has gathered his own flock, he walks ahead of them, and they follow him because they recognize his voice.)

5 They won't follow a stranger;  (They won't follow a stranger;)

they will run from him because they don't recognize his voice."  (they will run from him because they don't recognize his voice.")

5 They won't follow a stranger; they will run from him because they don't recognize his voice."  (They won't follow a stranger; they will run from him because they don't recognize his voice.")

6 Those who heard Jesus use this illustration  (Those who heard Jesus use this illustration)

didn't understand what he meant,  (didn't understand what he meant,)

7 so he explained it to them.  (so he explained it to them.)

6 Those who heard Jesus use this illustration didn't understand what he meant, 7 so he explained it to them.  (Those who heard Jesus use this illustration didn't understand what he meant, so he explained it to them.)

"I assure you, I am the gate for the sheep," he said.  ("I assure you, I am the gate for the sheep," he said.)

8 "All others who came before me were thieves and robbers.  ("All others who came before me were thieves and robbers.)

But the true sheep did not listen to them.  (But the true sheep did not listen to them.)

9 Yes, I am the gate.  (Yes, I am the gate.)

Those who come in through me will be saved.  (Those who come in through me will be saved.)

Wherever they go, they will find green pastures.  (Wherever they go, they will find green pastures.)

10 The thief's purpose is to steal and kill and destroy.  (The thief's purpose is to steal and kill and destroy.)

My purpose is to give life in all its fullness.  (My purpose is to give life in all its fullness.)

11 "I am the good shepherd.  ("I am the good shepherd.)

The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.  (The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.)


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12 Hired workers are not like the shepherd. They don't own the sheep, and when they see a wolf coming, they run off and leave the sheep. Then the wolf attacks and scatters the flock. 13 Hired workers run away because they don't care about the sheep. 

14 I am the good shepherd. I know my sheep, and they know me. 15 Just as the Father knows me, I know the Father, and I give up my life for my sheep. 16 I have other sheep that are not in this sheep pen. I must bring them together too, when they hear my voice. Then there will be one flock of sheep and one shepherd. 

17 The Father loves me, because I give up my life, so that I may receive it back again. 18 No one takes my life from me. I give it up willingly! I have the power to give it up and the power to receive it back again, just as my Father commanded me to do. 

19 The people took sides because of what Jesus had told them. 20 Many of them said, "He has a demon in him! He is crazy! Why listen to him?" 

21 But others said, "How could anyone with a demon in him say these things? No one like that could give sight to a blind person!" 



Scripture quotations from verses 1-11 are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved. 

Scripture quotations from verses 12-21 are from the Contemporary English Version Copyright © 1991, 1992, 1995 by American Bible Society, Used by Permission.


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VOCABULARY  (Suggestion: To understand the meaning better, read  John 10:1-42 from a Bible written in your language.)

a (an)
after
ahead
all
am (to be)
and
anyone
assure (to assure)
be (to be)
because
before
but
by
calls (to call)
came (to come)
come (to come)
destroy (to destroy)
did (to do)
didn't (= did not)
don't (= do not)
down
enters (to enter)
explained (to explain)
find (to find)
flock
follow (to follow)
for
from
fullness
gate
gatekeeper
gathered (to gather)
give (to give)
go (to go)
going (to go)
good (good, better, best, goodly)
green
has (to have)
he
hear (to hear)
heard (to hear)
him
I
illustration
in
is (to be)
it
its (= belongs to “it”)
Jesus = a man’s name
kill (to kill)
lays (to lay)
leads (to lead)
life
listen (to listen)
me
meant (to mean)
must
my
name
not
of
opens (to open)
others
out
over
own
pasture
purpose
rather
recognize (to recognize)
robber
run (to run)
said (to say)
saved (to save)
sheep
sheepfold
shepherd
sneaks (to sneak)
so
steal (to steal)
stranger
surely
than
the
them
they
thief
this
those
through
to
to assure
to be
to call
to come
to destroy
to do
to enter
to explain
to find
to follow
to gather
to give
to go
to have
to hear
to kill
to lay
to lead
to listen
to mean
to open
to recognize
to run
to save
to say
to sneak
to steal
to understand
to use
to walk
true (true, truer, truest, truly)
understand (to understand)
use (to use)
voice
walks (to walk)
wall
were (to be)
what
wherever
who
will
won't (= will not)
yes
you