John 10:4-19
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4 And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.
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5 And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.
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6 This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.
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7 Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.
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8 All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
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9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
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10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
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11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
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12 But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.
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13 The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.
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14 I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.
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15 As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.
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16 And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.
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17 Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.
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18 No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.
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19 There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings.