John 10:29

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

What my Father has given me [i.e., my sheep] are greater than everything [else], and no one is able to steal them from the Father’s hand.

Cross References

John 6:37

Every person [Note: The Greek says, “every thing”] whom the Father gives me will [eventually] come to me [i.e., for salvation]; and I will never turn away that person who comes to me.

John 17:9

I am praying for them [i.e., the apostles]; I am not praying for the world, but for those whom you gave me, who belong to you.

John 17:2

Just as you gave Him authority over all mankind, He will give never ending life to all those people [Note: The Greek word here is neuter gender, “all those things”] you have given Him.

John 14:28

You heard me say to you, ‘I am going away and I am returning to you.’ If you [really] loved me, you would have been happy that I am going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I am.

John 17:6

I have revealed your name [i.e., your power and character] to the men you gave me out of the world [i.e., the apostles]. They belonged to you, but you gave them to me, and they have obeyed your word.

John 17:11

And [now] I am coming to you, for I will not be in the world any longer, yet these men are [still] in the world. Holy Father, protect them by [the power of] your name which you have given me. May these men be one, as we are [one].

John 10:28

I give them never ending life and they will never be destroyed, and no one will [be able to] steal them out of my hand.

John 10:30

I and the Father are one.”