John 10-12 - I Am the Good Shepherd

I Am the Good Shepherd

Jhn 10:1-5 LSB - 

[1] "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbs up some other way, he is a thief and a robber. 

[2] "But he who enters by the door is a shepherd of the sheep. 

[3] "To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 

[4] "When he brings all his own out, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice. 

[5] "A stranger they will never follow, but will flee from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers." 

Jhn 10:7, 9 LSB - 

[7] So Jesus said to them again, "Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. ... 

[9] "I am the door; if anyone enters through Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.

Psa 118:19-20 LSB - [19] Open to me the gates of righteousness; I shall enter through them, I shall give thanks to Yah. [20] This is the gate of Yahweh; The righteous will enter through it.

Jhn 10:11, 14-15 LSB - 

[11] "I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep. ... 

[14] "I am the good shepherd, and I know My own and My own know Me, 

[15] even as the Father knows Me and I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep.

Jhn 10:16 LSB - [16] "And I have other sheep, which are not from this fold; I must bring them also, and they will hear My voice; and they will become one flock [with] one shepherd.

Jhn 10:17-18 LSB - 

[17] "For this reason the Father loves Me, because I lay down My life so that I may take it again. 

[18] "No one takes it away from Me, but from Myself, I lay it down. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This commandment I received from My Father."

I and the Father Are One

Jhn 10:26-28 LSB - 

[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 eternal life to them, and they will never perish--ever; and no one will snatch them out of My hand.

The Death and Resurrection of Lazarus

Jhn 11:25-26 LSB - 

[25] Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will live even if he dies, [26] and everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die--ever. Do you believe this?"

Jhn 11:43-44 LSB - 

[43] And when He had said these things, He cried out with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come forth." 

[44] The man who had died came forth, bound hand and foot with wrappings, and his face was wrapped around with a cloth. Jesus said to them, "Unbind him, and let him go."

The Leaders Plot to Kill Jesus

Jhn 11:51-52 LSB -
[51] Now he did not say this from himself, but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the nation,
[52] and not for the nation only, but in order that He might also gather together into one the children of God who are scattered abroad.

Mary Anoints Jesus with Costly Perfume

Jhn 12:3 LSB - [3] Mary then took a litra of perfume of very costly pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped His feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.

The Triumphal Entry

Jhn 12:14-15 LSB - [14] And Jesus, finding a young donkey, sat on it; as it is written, [15] "FEAR NOT, DAUGHTER OF ZION; BEHOLD, YOUR KING IS COMING, SEATED ON A DONKEY'S COLT."

Some Greeks Seek Jesus

Jhn 12:23-26 LSB - 

[23] And Jesus answered them, saying, "The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. 

[24] "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. 

[25] "He who loves his life loses it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it to life eternal. [26] "If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me; and where I am, there My servant will be also; if anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.

The Son of Man Must Be Lifted Up

Jhn 12:37-40 LSB - 

[37] But though He had done so many signs before them, they [still] were not believing in Him, 

[38] so that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke: "LORD, WHO HAS BELIEVED OUR REPORT? AND TO WHOM HAS THE ARM OF THE LORD BEEN REVEALED?" 

[39] For this reason they could not believe, for Isaiah said again, 

[40] "HE HAS BLINDED THEIR EYES AND HE HARDENED THEIR HEART, LEST THEY SEE WITH THEIR EYES AND UNDERSTAND WITH THEIR HEART, AND RETURN AND I HEAL THEM."

Jhn 12:47-48 LSB - [47] "And if anyone hears My words and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world. [48] "He who rejects Me and does not receive My words, has one who judges him; the word I spoke is what will judge him on the last day.