John 10:26

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
But you don’t believe because you are not of my sheep.

King James Version (1611)
But ye beleeue not, because ye are not of my sheepe, as I said vnto you.

King James Version
But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.

English Standard Version
but you do not believe because you are not among my sheep.

New American Standard Bible
"But you do not believe, because you are not of My sheep.

New Century Version
But you don't believe, because you are not my sheep.

Amplified Bible
"But you do not believe Me [so you do not trust and follow Me] because you are not My sheep.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"But you do not believe because you are not of My sheep.

Legacy Standard Bible
But you do not believe because you are not of My sheep.

Berean Standard Bible
But because you are not My sheep, you refuse to believe.

Contemporary English Version
But since you are not my sheep, you don't believe me.

Complete Jewish Bible
but the reason you don't trust is that you are not included among my sheep.

Darby Translation
but ye do not believe, for ye are not of my sheep, as I told you.

Easy-to-Read Version
But you do not believe, because you are not my sheep.

Geneva Bible (1587)
But ye beleeue not: for ye are not of my sheepe, as I sayd vnto you.

George Lamsa Translation
But you do not believe, because you are not of my sheep, just as I told you.

Good News Translation
but you will not believe, for you are not my sheep.

Lexham English Bible
But you do not believe, because you are not of my sheep!

Literal Translation
But you do not believe for you are not of My sheep, as I said to you.

American Standard Version
But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep.

Bible in Basic English
But you have no belief because you are not of my sheep.

Hebrew Names Version
But you don't believe, because you are not of my sheep, as I told you.

International Standard Version
but you do not believe because you do not belong to my sheep.my sheep, just as I told you">[fn]John 8:47; 1 John 4:6;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
But you believe not, because you are not of my sheep, (even) as I told you.

Murdock Translation
But ye do not believe, because ye are not of my sheep, as I have said to you.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
But ye beleue not, because ye are not of my sheepe, as I sayde vnto you.

English Revised Version
But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep.

World English Bible
But you don't believe, because you are not of my sheep, as I told you.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
But, as I have told you, ye do not believe, because ye are not of my sheep.

Weymouth's New Testament
But you do not believe, because you are not my sheep.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But ye bileuen not, for ye ben not of my scheep.

Update Bible Version
But you do not believe, because you are not of my sheep.

Webster's Bible Translation
But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said to you.

New English Translation
But you refuse to believe because you are not my sheep.

New King James Version
But you do not believe, because you are not of My sheep, as I said to you. [fn]

New Living Translation
But you don't believe me because you are not my sheep.

New Life Bible
You do not believe because you are not My sheep.

New Revised Standard
but you do not believe, because you do not belong to my sheep.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, ye, believe not, because ye are not of my sheep.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But you do not believe, because you are not of my sheep.

Revised Standard Version
but you do not believe, because you do not belong to my sheep.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
But ye beleve not because ye are not of my shepe. As I sayde vnto you:

Young's Literal Translation
but ye do not believe, for ye are not of my sheep,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But ye beleue not, because ye are not of my shepe as I sayde vnto you.

Mace New Testament (1729)
but, as I said before, you do not believe; because ye are not of my sheep.

Simplified Cowboy Version
But you don't believe me because y'all are not my cattle. You were another outfit's brand.

Contextual Overview

²²They were celebrating Hanukkah just then in Jerusalem. It was winter. Jesus was strolling in the Temple across Solomon's Porch. The Jews, circling him, said, "How long are you going to keep us guessing? If you're the Messiah, tell us straight out." ²⁵Jesus answered, "I told you, but you don't believe. Everything I have done has been authorized by my Father, actions that speak louder than words. You don't believe because you're not my sheep. My sheep recognize my voice. I know them, and they follow me. I give them real and eternal life. They are protected from the Destroyer for good. No one can steal them from out of my hand. The Father who put them under my care is so much greater than the Destroyer and Thief. No one could ever get them away from him. I and the Father are one heart and mind." ³¹Again the Jews picked up rocks to throw at him. Jesus said, "I have made a present to you from the Father of a great many good actions. For which of these acts do you stone me?" ³³ The Jews said, "We're not stoning you for anything good you did, but for what you said—this blasphemy of calling yourself God." ³⁴Jesus said, "I'm only quoting your inspired Scriptures, where God said, ‘I tell you—you are gods.' If God called your ancestors ‘gods'—and Scripture doesn't lie—why do you yell, ‘Blasphemer! Blasphemer!' at the unique One the Father consecrated and sent into the world, just because I said, ‘I am the Son of God'? If I don't do the things my Father does, well and good; don't believe me. But if I am doing them, put aside for a moment what you hear me say about myself and just take the evidence of the actions that are right before your eyes. Then perhaps things will come together for you, and you'll see that not only are we doing the same thing, we are the same—Father and Son. He is in me; I am in him."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

because: John 10:4, John 10:27, John 6:37, John 6:44, John 6:45, John 6:65, John 8:47, John 12:37-40, Romans 11:7, Romans 11:8, 2 Corinthians 4:3, 2 Corinthians 4:4, 1 John 4:6

Reciprocal: Psalms 74:1 - the sheep Psalms 100:3 - we are his Ezekiel 34:31 - ye my Matthew 13:23 - good Matthew 21:25 - Why Matthew 25:33 - the sheep Luke 12:32 - little Luke 15:4 - having Luke 22:67 - If John 3:19 - because John 6:64 - there John 10:3 - the sheep John 18:37 - Every John 21:16 - my sheep Acts 13:48 - and as Romans 10:16 - But they 1 Corinthians 2:14 - receiveth Titus 1:1 - faith

Cross-References

Genesis 10:20
These are the descendants of Ham by family, language, country, and nation.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But ye believe not,.... In me, as the Messiah:

because ye are not of my sheep; they were not among the sheep given him by his Father, were they, they would have come to him; that is, have believed in him, according to John 6:37, they were not the chosen of God, predestinated unto eternal life; for as many as are ordained of God to eternal happiness, do believe in God's own time,

Acts 13:48; but these not being the elect of God, had not the faith of God's elect. Christ, as the omniscient God, knew this, that they were not the chosen of God; for he was present, when the names of God's elect were written in the book of life; had they been his sheep, he must have known them, for he knows all the sheep, and calls them by name; had they been given him by the Father, he must have known it, and would have owned them as such; but so it was not, and therefore they were left to hardness and unbelief:

as l said unto you: which seems to refer to what follows, since he had said before, that the sheep bear the voice of the shepherd, and follow him, and that he knows them, John 10:4. This clause is omitted in the Vulgate Latin version, and in Nonnus, but is in the Greek copies, and Oriental versions.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Are not of my sheep - Are not my people, my followers. You do not possess the spirit of meek and humble disciples. Were it not for pride, and prejudice, and vainglory for your false notions of the Messiah, and from a determination not to believe, you would have learned from my declarations and works that I am the Christ.

As I said unto you - Compare John 8:47.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 26. Ye are not of my sheep — Ye have not the disposition of those who come unto me to be instructed and saved: see what follows.