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John - ch 10 v 1 - 20
- Verily, verily, I say to you, He that enters not in by the door to the fold of the sheep, but mounts up elsewhere, he is a thief and a robber;
- but he that enters in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
- To him the porter opens; and the sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out.
- When he has put forth all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, because they know his voice.
- But they will not follow a stranger, but will flee from him, because they know not the voice of strangers.
- This allegory spoke Jesus to them, but they did not know what it was of which he spoke to them.
- Jesus therefore said again to them, Verily, verily, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.
- All whoever came before me are thieves and robbers; but the sheep did not hear them.
- I am the door: if any one enter in by me, he shall be saved, and shall go in and shall go out and shall find pasture.
- The thief comes not but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I am come that they might have life, and might have it abundantly.
- I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep:
- but he who serves for wages, and who is not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf seizes them and scatters the sheep.
- Now he who serves for wages flees because he serves for wages, and is not himself concerned about the sheep.
- I am the good shepherd; and I know those that are mine, and am known of those that are mine,
- as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.
- And I have other sheep which are not of this fold: those also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one flock, one shepherd.
- On this account the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it again.
- No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have authority to lay it down and I have authority to take it again. I have received this commandment of my Father.
- There was a division again among the Jews on account of these words;
- but many of them said, He has a demon and raves; why do ye hear him?
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