John 10:1
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John 10:1
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"Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbs up some other way, he is a thief and a robber.
John 10:2
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~"But he who enters by the door is a shepherd of the sheep.
John 10:3
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~"To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
John 10:4
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~"When he puts forth all his own, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice.
John 10:5
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~"A stranger they simply will not follow, but will flee from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers."
John 10:6
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This figure of speech Jesus spoke to them, but they did not understand what those things were which He had been saying to them.
John 10:7
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So Jesus said to them again, "Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.
John 10:8
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~"All who came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them.
John 10:9
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~"I am the door; if anyone enters through Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.
John 10:10
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~"The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have {it} abundantly.
John 10:11
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"I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.
John 10:12
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~"He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who is not the owner of the sheep, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters {them.}
John 10:13
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~"{He flees} because he is a hired hand and is not concerned about the sheep.
John 10:14
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~"I am the good shepherd, and I know My own and My own know Me,
John 10:15
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even as the Father knows Me and I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep.
John 10:16
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~"I have other sheep, which are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will hear My voice; and they will become one flock {with} one shepherd.
John 10:17
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~"For this reason the Father loves Me, because I lay down My life so that I may take it again.
John 10:18
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~"No one has taken it away from Me, but I lay it down on My own initiative. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This commandment I received from My Father."
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