John:10:1-21

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* Then Jesus went on to say , I tell you the truth . A person must get to the sheep through the door . Anyone who climbs over the wall to get in is a bad man and steals things . He has come to steal the sheep . * But the man who comes in through the door , he is the one who takes care of the sheep . * The guard will open the door for him . The sheep will listen to him . He calls his own sheep by their names and leads them out . * When all his own sheep are out of the house , he goes ahead of them . The sheep come behind him because they know his voice . * They will not go after a stranger . They will run away from him because they do not know the voice of strangers . * Jesus told this story to the Pharisees , but they did not understand what he was trying to tell them . * So Jesus told them again . He said , I tell you the truth . I am the door of the sheep house . * All those who came before me are bad people and steal things . They came to steal the sheep . But the sheep did not listen to them . * I am the door . Anyone who comes in through me will be saved . He will go in and out as he wants to , and will have food to eat . * The thief comes only to steal the sheep and to kill them and spoil them . I have come so that people may live and that they may enjoy life to the full . * I am the good shepherd . I am the one who really cares for the sheep . The good shepherd is willing to die to save his sheep . * Some people work for pay . The one who does that is not the one who really cares . The sheep do not belong to him . When he sees a bad animal coming , he will leave the sheep and run away . He will let the animal take the sheep and make the sheep run away . * He does that because he is only working for pay and does not care what happens to the sheep . * I am the good shepherd , the one who really cares for the sheep . I know my sheep and my sheep know me . * So my Father knows me and I know him . I am willing to die to save the sheep . * I have some other sheep which are not with these sheep . I must bring them also . They will listen to my voice . Then all the sheep will be together and there will be one person who cares for all of them . * My Father loves me because I am willing to die . But when I die , I will live again . * No one kills me . I die only because I choose to die . I have power to die and I have power to live again . This is what my Father has told me to do . * The Jews did not all say the same thing because of what Jesus said . * Many of them said , A bad spirit is in him . He is crazy . Why do you listen to him ? * But others said , A person who has a bad spirit in him does not say the things this man says . Can a bad spirit make blind people see ?

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