John 10:22-30

Contemporary English Version

Jesus Is Rejected

^22 (A) That winter, Jesus was in Jerusalem for the Temple Festival. ²³ One day he was walking in the part of the temple known as Solomon's Porch,^{[a] 24} and the people gathered all around him. They said, “How long are you going to keep us guessing? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly!”

²⁵ Jesus answered:

I have told you, and you refused to believe me. The things I do by my Father's authority show who I am. ²⁶ But since you are not my sheep, you don't believe me. ²⁷ My sheep know my voice, and I know them. They follow me, ²⁸ and I give them eternal life, so that they will never be lost. No one can snatch them out of my hand. ^29 (B) My Father gave them to me, and he is greater than all others.^[b] No one can snatch them from his hands, ³⁰ and I am one with the Father.