The purpose of the EasyEnglish Bible is to make the Bible as clear as possible in simple English. We have used a basic vocabulary of 1200 well-known English words. It is a very good Bible for anyone who is learning English or speaks English as a foreign language.
EasyEnglish Website
To help you even more, the EasyEnglish Bible website – www.easyenglish.bible – has Commentaries and Bible Studies to help you understand the message of the Bible and apply it to your life.
Translation Principles
To make the Bible as easy as possible to understand, we have used:
Short sentences
Short paragraphs
Simple grammar
We have avoided things that can be hard to understand, so we have used:
No passive verbs
No idioms
No split infinitives
No rhetorical questions
The EasyEnglish Bible is a “meaning-for-meaning” translation not a “word-for-word” translation.
It expresses the meaning of the original message in the most clear, accurate and natural way possible in simple English.
It changes the order of words if that makes the meaning clearer in English.
It translates the meaning of idioms rather than the literal words.
It uses British spelling, grammar and punctuation.
These translation principles have been developed by Wycliffe Bible Translators (WBT) and SIL.
EasyEnglish Translation Team
The EasyEnglish Bible has been translated by MissionAssist, which is a Christian charity based in the United Kingdom. MissionAssist is part of the Wycliffe Global Alliance (WGA) and a member of Global Connections.
The EasyEnglish Bible translation team includes:
Linguistic Checkers - People who check the linguistic consistency of the work. Our linguistic checkers normally have a degree in Linguistics or English (or similar) and a TEFL qualification.
Theological Checkers - People who check the theological accuracy of the work. Our theological checkers have a degree in theology (or a similar qualification).
Style Checkers - People who check drafts and final output for accuracy, consistency and conformance to EasyEnglish principles.
The Base Text
We have used a range of English Bible translations as a base. Where English versions have a different understanding of the original text, we have referred to the Hebrew or Greek text, using the texts published and updated by United Bible Societies (UBS):
Old Testament: Biblia Hebraica “Masoretic Text”
New Testament: The Nestle-Aland “Novum Testamentum Graece”
We also use the resources provided by Wycliffe Bible Translators to help translators and checkers understand the issues involved in translating the original texts.
Copyright Information
Copyright © MissionAssist 2018-2024 – Charitable Incorporated Organisation1162807
The copyright of the EasyEnglish Bible and all other material on this website is owned by MissionAssist.
MissionAssist is a member of the Wycliffe Global Alliance and is based in the UK.
MissionAssist, PO Box 257, Evesham, Worcestershire, England. WR119AW

EasyEnglish Bible Audio 2024

<div class="version vid2079 iso6393eng" data-vid="2079" data-iso6393="eng">
 <div class="book bkJHN">
 <div class="chapter ch10" data-usfm="JHN.10">
 <div class="label">10</div><div class="cl">Chapter 10</div><div class="s1">Jesus says that he is like a good shepherd</div><div class="p"> 1Jesus then said, &#8216;I tell you this. A shepherd keeps his sheep in a safe place with a wall around it. There is a gate into that safe place. Anyone who gets into that place by another way, not through the gate, is not the shepherd. That person is a robber. He comes to take away the sheep for himself. 2But the shepherd goes in through the gate. 3The person who watches the gate opens it for the shepherd. The sheep recognize the shepherd's voice. He calls each of his own sheep by their name and he leads them out. 4When he has brought out all his own sheep, he goes in front of them. The sheep follow him because they know his voice. 5They will not follow a stranger. They will run away from a stranger because they do not recognize his voice.&#8217;</div><div class="p"> 6Jesus told this story like a picture to teach the people. But they did not understand what he was saying to them.</div><div class="p"> 7So Jesus spoke again. He said, &#8216;I tell you this. I am like the gate for the sheep. 8All other men who came before me were like robbers. #10:8 These men were leaders who said that they wanted to take care of God's people. But they did not really help the people. Instead they were like robbers. But the sheep did not listen to them. 9I am like the gate. Everyone who comes in through me will be safe. They will be free to come in and to go out. And they will find plenty of food. 10The robber only wants to take away my sheep. He wants to kill them. He comes only to destroy them. But I have come so that they can have true life. And so that they can have everything that they need.</div><div class="p"> 11I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd would die so that he can save his sheep. 12Another man may take care of sheep so that he gets money. But the sheep do not belong to him. A man like that is not the shepherd. If a wolf comes, a man like that runs away when he sees it. He leaves the sheep in danger. Then the wolf attacks the sheep. It causes them to run away in all directions. 13That man runs away because the sheep do not belong to him. He does not think that the sheep are important.</div><div class="p"> 14I am the good shepherd. I know my own sheep, and they know me. 15I know them in the same way that my Father knows me. And they know me in the same way that I know the Father. I will die so that I can save my sheep. 16I also have other sheep, and I must bring them too. They do not belong to this group of sheep. But they also will listen to my voice. So all the sheep will become one group, and they will have one shepherd. 17The Father loves me because I choose to die for my sheep. But after I give my life like that, I will become alive again. 18Nobody can take my life away from me. Instead, I myself can choose to die. I have authority to do that. I also have authority to become alive again. My Father has said that I must do that.&#8217;</div><div class="p"> 19Again, the Jews could not agree about these things that Jesus said. 20Many of them said, &#8216;He has a demon in him and he is crazy. You should not listen to him!&#8217; 21But other people said, &#8216;A man with a demon in him could not teach like this! A demon could not make blind people able to see!&#8217;</div><div class="s1">The Jewish leaders want to kill Jesus</div><div class="p"> 22It was the time for the Jewish Festival called Hanukkah. #10:22 The Festival called Hanukkah happened each year. The Jews remembered a time when they had made the temple clean again after foreign people had put idols in there. They were happy that they could worship the one true God again in his temple. This happened 165 years before Jesus came to the earth. This happened in Jerusalem. It was winter.</div><div class="p"> 23Jesus was walking in the yard of the temple, under a place with a roof. The place was called Solomon's porch. 24The Jewish leaders stood around him. They said to him, &#8216;We want to know who you are. When will you tell us? If you are the Messiah, tell us clearly.&#8217;</div><div class="p"> 25Jesus answered, &#8216;I have already told you, but you do not believe. The things that I do by my Father's authority show you who I am. 26But you refuse to believe, because you are not my sheep. 27My sheep recognize my voice. I know them and they follow me. 28I give them life for ever with God. They will never die. Nobody can ever take them away from me. 29My Father has given them to me. He is greater than all things. Nobody can ever take my sheep out of my Father's hand. 30My Father and I are one.&#8217;</div><div class="p"> 31Then the Jewish leaders picked up stones again to throw at Jesus so that they could kill him. 32Jesus said to them, &#8216;I have done many good things. The Father sent me to do them, and I have shown them to you. Which of those good things make you want to kill me with stones?&#8217;</div><div class="p"> 33The Jewish leaders answered, &#8216;We do not want to kill you because of any good things that you have done. We want to kill you because you are speaking against God. You are only a man, but you are saying that you are God.&#8217;</div><div class="p"> 34Jesus answered them, &#8216;It is written in your own books of God's Law that God said, &#8220;You are gods.&#8221; #10:34 See Psalms 82:6. 35God called the people to whom he spoke &#8220;gods&#8221;. And you know that the Bible always remains true. 36So, when I said that I am God's Son, why am I wrong? The Father chose me for himself. And he sent me into the world. So you should not say that I am speaking bad things against God. 37If I am not doing my Father's work, do not believe me. 38But if I am doing his work, you should believe that work. Even if you do not believe me, you should believe the things that I do. Then you will know certainly that the Father is in me. And you will know that I am in the Father.&#8217;</div><div class="p"> 39Again, the Jewish leaders tried to take hold of Jesus. But he escaped from them.</div><div class="p"> 40After that, Jesus returned across the Jordan River. He went to the place where John had earlier baptized people. Jesus stayed there. 41Many people came to him. They said to each other, &#8216;John did not do any miracles. But everything that he said about this man was true.&#8217; 42So, in that place, many people believed in Jesus.</div>
 </div>
 </div>
</div>

Jesus then said, ‘I tell you this. A shepherd keeps his sheep in a safe place with a wall around it. There is a gate into that safe place. Anyone who gets into that place by another way, not through the gate, is not the shepherd. That person is a robber. He comes to take away the sheep for himself. But the shepherd goes in through the gate. The person who watches the gate opens it for the shepherd. The sheep recognize the shepherd's voice. He calls each of his own sheep by their name and he leads them out. When he has brought out all his own sheep, he goes in front of them. The sheep follow him because they know his voice. They will not follow a stranger. They will run away from a stranger because they do not recognize his voice.’
Jesus told this story like a picture to teach the people. But they did not understand what he was saying to them.
So Jesus spoke again. He said, ‘I tell you this. I am like the gate for the sheep. All other men who came before me were like robbers. But the sheep did not listen to them. I am like the gate. Everyone who comes in through me will be safe. They will be free to come in and to go out. And they will find plenty of food. The robber only wants to take away my sheep. He wants to kill them. He comes only to destroy them. But I have come so that they can have true life. And so that they can have everything that they need.
I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd would die so that he can save his sheep. Another man may take care of sheep so that he gets money. But the sheep do not belong to him. A man like that is not the shepherd. If a wolf comes, a man like that runs away when he sees it. He leaves the sheep in danger. Then the wolf attacks the sheep. It causes them to run away in all directions. That man runs away because the sheep do not belong to him. He does not think that the sheep are important.
I am the good shepherd. I know my own sheep, and they know me. I know them in the same way that my Father knows me. And they know me in the same way that I know the Father. I will die so that I can save my sheep. I also have other sheep, and I must bring them too. They do not belong to this group of sheep. But they also will listen to my voice. So all the sheep will become one group, and they will have one shepherd. The Father loves me because I choose to die for my sheep. But after I give my life like that, I will become alive again. Nobody can take my life away from me. Instead, I myself can choose to die. I have authority to do that. I also have authority to become alive again. My Father has said that I must do that.’
Again, the Jews could not agree about these things that Jesus said. Many of them said, ‘He has a demon in him and he is crazy. You should not listen to him!’ But other people said, ‘A man with a demon in him could not teach like this! A demon could not make blind people able to see!’

It was the time for the Jewish Festival called Hanukkah. This happened in Jerusalem. It was winter.
Jesus was walking in the yard of the temple, under a place with a roof. The place was called Solomon's porch. The Jewish leaders stood around him. They said to him, ‘We want to know who you are. When will you tell us? If you are the Messiah, tell us clearly.’
Jesus answered, ‘I have already told you, but you do not believe. The things that I do by my Father's authority show you who I am. But you refuse to believe, because you are not my sheep. My sheep recognize my voice. I know them and they follow me. I give them life for ever with God. They will never die. Nobody can ever take them away from me. My Father has given them to me. He is greater than all things. Nobody can ever take my sheep out of my Father's hand. My Father and I are one.’
Then the Jewish leaders picked up stones again to throw at Jesus so that they could kill him. Jesus said to them, ‘I have done many good things. The Father sent me to do them, and I have shown them to you. Which of those good things make you want to kill me with stones?’
The Jewish leaders answered, ‘We do not want to kill you because of any good things that you have done. We want to kill you because you are speaking against God. You are only a man, but you are saying that you are God.’
Jesus answered them, ‘It is written in your own books of God's Law that God said, “You are gods.” God called the people to whom he spoke “gods”. And you know that the Bible always remains true. So, when I said that I am God's Son, why am I wrong? The Father chose me for himself. And he sent me into the world. So you should not say that I am speaking bad things against God. If I am not doing my Father's work, do not believe me. But if I am doing his work, you should believe that work. Even if you do not believe me, you should believe the things that I do. Then you will know certainly that the Father is in me. And you will know that I am in the Father.’
Again, the Jewish leaders tried to take hold of Jesus. But he escaped from them.
After that, Jesus returned across the Jordan River. He went to the place where John had earlier baptized people. Jesus stayed there. Many people came to him. They said to each other, ‘John did not do any miracles. But everything that he said about this man was true.’ So, in that place, many people believed in Jesus.

Ascolta John 10