John:10:1-21

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* "Most assuredly , I say to you , he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door , but climbs up some other way , the same is a thief and a robber . * But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep . * To him the doorkeeper opens , and the sheep hear his voice ; and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out . * And when he brings out his own sheep , he goes before them ; and the sheep follow him , for they know his voice . * Yet they will by no means follow a stranger , but will flee from him , for they do not know the voice of strangers ." * Jesus used this illustration , but they did not understand the things which He spoke to them . * Then Jesus said to them again , "Most assuredly , I say to you , I am the door of the sheep . * All who ever came before Me are thieves and robbers , but the sheep did not hear them . * I am the door . If anyone enters by Me , he will be saved , and will go in and out and find pasture . * The thief does not come except to steal , and to kill , and to destroy . I have come that they may have life , and that they may have it more abundantly . * "I am the good shepherd . The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep . * But a hireling , he who is not the shepherd , one who does not own the sheep , sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees ; and the wolf catches the sheep and scatters them . * The hireling flees because he is a hireling and does not care about the sheep . * I am the good shepherd ; and I know My sheep , and am known by My own . * As the Father knows Me , even so I know the Father ; and I lay down My life for the sheep . * And other sheep I have which are not of this fold ; them also I must bring , and they will hear My voice ; and there will be one flock and one shepherd . * "Therefore My 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 power to lay it down , and I have power to take it again . This command I have received from My Father ." * Therefore there was a division again among the Jews because of these sayings . * And many of them said , "He has a demon and is mad . Why do you listen to Him ?" * Others said , "These are not the words of one who has a demon . Can a demon open the eyes of the blind ?"

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