John:10:1-21

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* 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 ? * Others said , These sayings are not [those ] of one that is possessed by a demon . Can a demon open blind people 's eyes ?

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