The I AM Sayings

Reading order — first 40 of 88

1. John.6.25
   25When they found Him on the other side of the sea, they asked Him, “Rabbi, when did You get here?”
2. 26Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, it is not because you saw these signs that you are looking for Me, but because you ate the loaves and had your fill.
3. 27Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on Him God the Father has placed His seal of approval.”
4. 28Then they inquired, “What must we do to perform the works of God?”
5. 29Jesus replied, “The work of God is this: to believe in the One He has sent.”
6. 30So they asked Him, “What sign then will You perform, so that we may see it and believe You? What will You do?
7. 31Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”
8. 32Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is My Father who gives you the true bread from heaven.
9. 33For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
10. 34“Sir,” they said, “give us this bread at all times.”
11. 35Jesus answered, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to Me will never hunger, and whoever believes in Me will never thirst.
12. 36But as I stated, you have seen Me and still you do not believe.
13. 37Everyone the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will never drive away.
14. 38For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but to do the will of Him who sent Me.
15. 39And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that I shall lose none of those He has given Me, but raise them up at the last day.
16. 40For it is My Father’s will that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”
17. 12Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
18. 13So the Pharisees said to Him, “You are testifying about Yourself; Your testimony is not valid.”
19. 14Jesus replied, “Even if I testify about Myself, My testimony is valid, because I know where I came from and where I am going. But you do not know where I came from or where I am going.
20. 15You judge according to the flesh; I judge no one.
21. 16But even if I do judge, My judgment is true, because I am not alone; I am with the Father who sent Me.
22. 17Even in your own Law it is written that the testimony of two men is valid.
23. 18I am One who testifies about Myself, and the Father, who sent Me, also testifies about Me.”
24. 19“Where is Your Father?” they asked Him. “You do not know Me or My Father,” Jesus answered. “If you knew Me, you would know My Father as well.”
25. 20He spoke these words while teaching in the temple courts, near the treasury. Yet no one seized Him, because His hour had not yet come.
26. 1“Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever does not enter the sheepfold by the gate, but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber.
27. 2But the one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.
28. 3The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen for his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
29. 4When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice.
30. 5But they will never follow a stranger; in fact, they will flee from him because they do not recognize his voice.”
31. 6Jesus spoke to them using this illustration, but they did not understand what He was telling them.
32. 7So He said to them again, “Truly, truly, I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep.
33. 8All who came before Me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.
34. 9I am the gate. If anyone enters through Me, he will be saved. He will come in and go out and find pasture.
35. 10The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it in all its fullness.
36. 11I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.
37. 12The hired hand is not the shepherd, and the sheep are not his own. When he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf pounces on them and scatters the flock.
38. 13The man runs away because he is a hired servant and is unconcerned for the sheep.
39. 14I am the good shepherd. I know My sheep and My sheep know Me,
40. 15just as the Father knows Me and I know the Father. And I lay down My life for the sheep.