Boys Life Application Study Bible Gospel of John Sampler - Flipbook - Page 86
John 10 // 1261
Moses! 29 We know God spoke to Moses,
but we don’t even know where this man
comes from.”
30 “Why, that’s very strange!” the man
replied. “He healed my eyes, and yet you
don’t know where he comes from? 31 We
know that God doesn’t listen to sinners,
but he is ready to hear those who worship him and do his will. 32 Ever since
the world began, no one has been able to
open the eyes of someone born blind. 33 If
this man were not from God, he couldn’t
have done it.”
34 “You were born a total sinner!” they
answered. “Are you trying to teach us?”
And they threw him out of the synagogue.
SPIRITUAL BLINDNESS
35 When Jesus heard what had happened,
he found the man and asked, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?*”
36 The man answered, “Who is he, sir?
I want to believe in him.”
37 “You have seen him,” J
esus said,
“and he is speaking to you!”
38 “Yes, Lord, I believe!” the man said.
And he worshiped J esus.
39 Then Jesus told him,* “I entered this
world to render judgment—to give sight
to the blind and to show those who think
they see* that they are blind.”
40 Some Pharisees who were standing
nearby heard him and asked, “Are you
saying we’re blind?”
41 “If you were blind, you wouldn’t be
guilty,” Jesus replied. “But you remain
guilty because you claim you can see.
THE GOOD SHEPHERD AND HIS SHEEP
10
“I tell you the truth, anyone who
sneaks over the wall of a sheepfold, rather than going through the gate,
must surely be a thief and a robber! 2 But
the one who enters through the gate is
the shepherd of the sheep. 3 The gate
keeper opens the gate for him, and the
sheep recognize his voice and come to
him. He calls his own sheep by name and
leads them out. 4 After he has gathered
his own flock, he walks ahead of them,
9:35 Some manuscripts read the Son of God? “Son of
Man” is a title Jesus used for himself. 9:38-39a Some
manuscripts do not include “Yes, Lord, I believe!” the
man said. And he worshiped Jesus. Then Jesus told him.
9:39b Greek those who see.
10:8 Some manuscripts
do not include before me.
10:9 Or will find safety.
10:19 Greek Jewish people; also in 10:24, 31.
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and they follow him because they know
his voice. 5 They won’t follow a stranger;
they will run from him because they
don’t know his voice.”
6 Those who heard J
esus use this illustration didn’t understand what he
meant, 7 so he explained it to them: “I
tell you the truth, I am the gate for the
sheep. 8 All who came before me* were
thieves and robbers. But the true sheep
did not listen to them. 9 Yes, I am the gate.
Those who come in through me will be
saved.* They will come and go freely and
will find good pastures. 10 The thief’s purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My
purpose is to give them a rich and satisfy
ing life.
11 “I am the good shepherd. The good
shepherd sacrifices his life for the sheep.
12 A hired hand will run when he sees a
wolf coming. He will abandon the sheep
because they don’t belong to him and he
isn’t their shepherd. And so the wolf attacks them and scatters the flock. 13 The
hired hand runs away because he’s working only for the money and doesn’t really
care about the sheep.
14 “I am the good shepherd; I know my
own sheep, and they know me, 15 just as
my Father knows me and I know the Father. So I sacrifice my life for the sheep.
16 I have other sheep, too, that are not in
this sheepfold. I must bring them also.
They will listen to my voice, and there
will be one flock with one shepherd.
17 “The Father loves me because I sacrifice my life so I may take it back again.
18 No one can take my life from me. I sacrifice it voluntarily. For I have the authority to lay it down when I want to and also
to take it up again. For this is what my
Father has commanded.”
19 When he said these things, the
people* were again divided in their
opinions about him. 20 Some said, “He’s
demon possessed and out of his mind.
Why listen to a man like that?” 21 Others
said, “This doesn’t sound like a man possessed by a demon! Can a demon open
the eyes of the blind?”
JESUS CLAIMS TO BE THE SON OF GOD
It was now winter, and Jesus was in
Jerusalem at the time of Hanukkah, the
Festival of Dedication. 23 He was in the
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