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John 10

Douay-Rheims Bible, Challoner revision (1749–1752), the traditional Catholic English Bible, translated from the Latin Vulgate. If you read a modern Bible, this is the same Scripture in older English; some names are spelled differently (Cesarea for Caesarea, Apocalypse for Revelation). About this translation

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. CCC

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. CCC

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. CCC

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, CCC

13 And the hireling flieth, because he is a hireling: and he hath no care for the sheep. CCC

14 I am the good shepherd: and I know mine, and mine know me. CCC

15 As the Father knoweth me, and I know the Father: and I lay down my life for my sheep. CCC

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. CCC

17 Therefore doth the Father love me: because I lay down my life, that I may take it again. CCC

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. CCC

19 A dissension rose again among the Jews for these words. CCC

20 And many of them said: He hath a devil and is mad. Why hear you him? CCC

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. CCC

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. 1 CCC

31 The Jews then took up stones to stone him. CCC

32 Jesus answered them: Many good works I have shewed you from my Father. For which of those works do you stone me? CCC

33 The Jews answered him: For a good work we stone thee not, but for blasphemy: and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God. CCC

34 Jesus answered them: Is it not written in your law: I said, you are gods? CCC

35 If he called them gods to whom the word of God was spoken; and the scripture cannot be broken: CCC

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? CCC

37 If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. CCC

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. CCC

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.

Where our lessons quote this chapter

  1. Verse 30: Who is Jesus?

This chapter in the Catechism

Where the Catechism of the Catholic Church cites these verses (from its footnotes on vatican.va). Short quotes only; follow the links for the full text.

  1. Verse 1CCC 754 CCC 764
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    • CCC 754 “The Church is, accordingly, a sheepfold, the sole and necessary gateway to which is Christ. It is also the flock of which…”
    • CCC 764 “This Kingdom shines out before men in the word, in the works and in the presence of Christ." To welcome Jesus' word…”
  2. Verse 3CCC 2158
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    • CCC 2158 “God calls each one by name. Everyone's name is sacred. the name is the icon of the person. It demands respect as…”
  3. Verse 11CCC 754
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    • CCC 754 “The Church is, accordingly, a sheepfold, the sole and necessary gateway to which is Christ. It is also the flock of which…”
  4. Verse 12CCC 754
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    • CCC 754 “The Church is, accordingly, a sheepfold, the sole and necessary gateway to which is Christ. It is also the flock of which…”
  5. Verse 13CCC 754
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    • CCC 754 “The Church is, accordingly, a sheepfold, the sole and necessary gateway to which is Christ. It is also the flock of which…”
  6. Verse 14CCC 754
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    • CCC 754 “The Church is, accordingly, a sheepfold, the sole and necessary gateway to which is Christ. It is also the flock of which…”
  7. Verse 15CCC 754
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    • CCC 754 “The Church is, accordingly, a sheepfold, the sole and necessary gateway to which is Christ. It is also the flock of which…”
  8. Verse 16CCC 754 CCC 60
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    • CCC 754 “The Church is, accordingly, a sheepfold, the sole and necessary gateway to which is Christ. It is also the flock of which…”
    • CCC 60 “The people descended from Abraham would be the trustee of the promise made to the patriarchs, the chosen people, called to prepare…”
  9. Verse 17CCC 606 CCC 614 CCC 649
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    • CCC 606 “The Son of God, who came down "from heaven, not to do (his) own will, but the will of him who sent…”
    • CCC 614 “This sacrifice of Christ is unique; it completes and surpasses all other sacrifices. First, it is a gift from God the Father…”
    • CCC 649 “As for the Son, he effects his own Resurrection by virtue of his divine power. Jesus announces that the Son of man…”
  10. Verse 18CCC 609 CCC 614 CCC 649
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    • CCC 609 “By embracing in his human heart the Father's love for men, Jesus "loved them to the end", for "greater love has no…”
    • CCC 614 “This sacrifice of Christ is unique; it completes and surpasses all other sacrifices. First, it is a gift from God the Father…”
    • CCC 649 “As for the Son, he effects his own Resurrection by virtue of his divine power. Jesus announces that the Son of man…”
  11. Verse 19CCC 596
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    • CCC 596 “The religious authorities in Jerusalem were not unanimous about what stance to take towards Jesus. The Pharisees threatened to excommunicate his followers.…”
  12. Verse 20CCC 574
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    • CCC 574 “From the beginning of Jesus' public ministry, certain Pharisees and partisans of Herod together with priests and scribes agreed together to destroy…”
  13. Verse 25CCC 548 CCC 582
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    • CCC 548 “The signs worked by Jesus attest that the Father has sent him. They invite belief in him. To those who turn to…”
    • CCC 582 “Going even further, Jesus perfects the dietary law, so important in Jewish daily life, by revealing its pedagogical meaning through a divine…”
  14. Verse 30CCC 590
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    • CCC 590 “Only the divine identity of Jesus' person can justify so absolute a claim as "He who is not with me is against…”
  15. Verse 31CCC 548 CCC 574
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    • CCC 548 “The signs worked by Jesus attest that the Father has sent him. They invite belief in him. To those who turn to…”
    • CCC 574 “From the beginning of Jesus' public ministry, certain Pharisees and partisans of Herod together with priests and scribes agreed together to destroy…”
  16. Verse 32CCC 548
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    • CCC 548 “The signs worked by Jesus attest that the Father has sent him. They invite belief in him. To those who turn to…”
  17. Verse 33CCC 548 CCC 574 CCC 589
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    • CCC 548 “The signs worked by Jesus attest that the Father has sent him. They invite belief in him. To those who turn to…”
    • CCC 574 “From the beginning of Jesus' public ministry, certain Pharisees and partisans of Herod together with priests and scribes agreed together to destroy…”
    • CCC 589 “Jesus gave scandal above all when he identified his merciful conduct toward sinners with God's own attitude toward them. He went so…”
  18. Verse 34CCC 548
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    • CCC 548 “The signs worked by Jesus attest that the Father has sent him. They invite belief in him. To those who turn to…”
  19. Verse 35CCC 548
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    • CCC 548 “The signs worked by Jesus attest that the Father has sent him. They invite belief in him. To those who turn to…”
  20. Verse 36CCC 437 CCC 548 CCC 591 CCC 1562
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    • CCC 437 “To the shepherds, the angel announced the birth of Jesus as the Messiah promised to Israel: "To you is born this day…”
    • CCC 548 “The signs worked by Jesus attest that the Father has sent him. They invite belief in him. To those who turn to…”
    • CCC 591 “Jesus asked the religious authorities of Jerusalem to believe in him because of the Father's works which he accomplished. But such an…”
    • CCC 1562 “Christ, whom the Father hallowed and sent into the world, has, through his apostles, made their successors, the bishops namely, sharers in…”
  21. Verse 37CCC 548 CCC 582 CCC 591
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    • CCC 548 “The signs worked by Jesus attest that the Father has sent him. They invite belief in him. To those who turn to…”
    • CCC 582 “Going even further, Jesus perfects the dietary law, so important in Jewish daily life, by revealing its pedagogical meaning through a divine…”
    • CCC 591 “Jesus asked the religious authorities of Jerusalem to believe in him because of the Father's works which he accomplished. But such an…”
  22. Verse 38CCC 548 CCC 582 CCC 591
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    • CCC 548 “The signs worked by Jesus attest that the Father has sent him. They invite belief in him. To those who turn to…”
    • CCC 582 “Going even further, Jesus perfects the dietary law, so important in Jewish daily life, by revealing its pedagogical meaning through a divine…”
    • CCC 591 “Jesus asked the religious authorities of Jerusalem to believe in him because of the Father's works which he accomplished. But such an…”
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