Jesus talked some more and said, “Listen to this picture story about a mob of sheep and some men. This picture story’s message is true. One of the men in this story owns some sheep, and he looks after them properly. He is called their shepherd. He keeps those sheep in a yard with a big fence. And there is a man that looks after the gate of that yard. Whenever the shepherd goes there, that man always lets him in the gate. Then the shepherd calls each sheep’s name, and they know that he is their shepherd, so they come to him. Then he takes all his sheep out of the yard to a place with grass for them to eat. Wherever he walks, they follow him, because they know his voice and they trust him. But another man in this story doesn’t own the sheep. He wants to steal them, so he doesn’t go into the yard through the gate, but he climbs over the fence.
John 10:8 - Plain English Version8-11 You know, the gate is the way for the sheep to go into the yard. Well, I am the way for people to come to God. If anybody comes to me, they will come into God’s family, and he will save them. And you know that sheep have to use the gate to go out and get grass to eat. Well just like that, people have to come to me to get whatever they need to live for God. And remember the shepherd in that picture story. Well, I am like that good shepherd that looks after his sheep properly. Some other men came before me, and they reckoned they were like shepherds, but they were liars. They were bad men, and my people didn’t listen to them, just like sheep only listen to their shepherd. Those bad people only want to steal the sheep, and kill them, and finish them up. But I am not like that. I came here to give people real life, so they can live with God for ever. You know, a good shepherd looks after his sheep properly, even if he has to die for them. Well, I am like that, I am ready to die to save my people. Ver CapítuloMás versionesKing James Version (Oxford) 17698 All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them. Ver CapítuloAmplified Bible - Classic Edition8 All others who came [as such] before Me are thieves and robbers, but the [true] sheep did not listen to and obey them. Ver CapítuloAmerican Standard Version (1901)8 All that came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them. Ver CapítuloCommon English Bible8 All who came before me were thieves and outlaws, but the sheep didn’t listen to them. Ver CapítuloCatholic Public Domain Version8 All others, as many as have come, are thieves and robbers, and the sheep did not listen to them. Ver Capítulo |