John:10

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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 ?" * Now it was the Feast of Dedication in Jerusalem , and it was winter . * And Jesus walked in the temple , in Solomon 's porch . * Then the Jews surrounded Him and said to Him , "How long do You keep us in doubt ? If You are the Christ , tell us plainly ." * Jesus answered them , "I told you , and you do not believe . The works that I do in My Father 's name , they bear witness of Me . * But you do not believe , because you are not of My sheep , as I said to you . * My sheep hear My voice , and I know them , and they follow Me . * And I give them eternal life , and they shall never perish ; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand . * My Father , who has given them to Me , is greater than all ; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father 's hand . * I and My Father are one ." * Then the Jews took up stones again to stone Him . * Jesus answered them , "Many good works I have shown you from My Father . For which of those works do you stone Me ?" * The Jews answered Him , saying , "For a good work we do not stone You , but for blasphemy , and because You , being a Man , make Yourself God ." * Jesus answered them , "Is it not written in your law , "I said , "You are gods "'? * If He called them gods , to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture cannot be broken ), * do you say of Him whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world , "You are blaspheming ,' because I said , "I am the Son of God '? * If I do not do the works of My Father , do not believe Me ; * but if I do , though you do not believe Me , believe the works , that you may know and believe that the Father is in Me , and I in Him ." * Therefore they sought again to seize Him , but He escaped out of their hand . * And He went away again beyond the Jordan to the place where John was baptizing at first , and there He stayed . * Then many came to Him and said , "John performed no sign , but all the things that John spoke about this Man were true ." * And many believed in Him there .

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