John:10

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* Truly , truly do I say to you , He that entereth not through the door into the sheepfold , but climbeth up some other way , the same is a thief and a robber ; * but he that entereth through the door is the shepherd of the sheep . * To him the porter openeth ; and the sheep hear his voice ; and his own sheep he calleth by name , and leadeth them out . * When he hath put forth all his own , he goeth before them , and the sheep follow him , because they know his voice . * But a stranger they will not follow , but will flee from him ; because they know not the voice of strangers . * This parable Jesus spoke to them ; but they did not understand what the things were which he spoke to them . * Jesus therefore said , Truly , truly do I say to you , I am the door of the sheep . * All those who came are thieves and robbers ; but the sheep did not hear them . * I am the door ; if any one enter through me , he will be saved , and will go in and out , and find pasture . * The thief cometh not but to steal , and to kill , and to destroy ; I came that they might have life , and have abundance . * I am the good shepherd ; the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep . * He that is a hireling and not a shepherd , nor the owner of the sheep , seeth the wolf coming , and leaveth the sheep , and fleeth ; and the wolf catcheth them , and scattereth the sheep ; * because he is a hireling , and careth not for the sheep . * I am the good shepherd , and I know my sheep , and they know me , * even as the Father knoweth me , and I know the Father ; and I give 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 , one shepherd . * On this account the Father loveth me , because I lay down my life , that I may take it again . * No one taketh 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 ; this charge I received from my Father . * Again there arose a division among the Jews on account of these words . * Many of them said , He hath a demon , and is mad ; why do ye hear him ? * Others said , These are not the words of one that hath a demon . Can a demon open the eyes of the blind ? * And the feast of the dedication came at Jerusalem . It was winter ; * and Jesus was walking in the temple , in Solomon ’s porch . * Then came the Jews around him , and said to him , How long dost thou hold our minds in suspense ? If thou art the Christ , tell us plainly . * Jesus answered them , I have told you , and ye do not believe . The works that I do in my Father ’s name , these bear witness of me . * But ye do not believe , because ye 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 everlasting life ; and they shall never perish , nor shall any one tear them out of my hand . * That which my Father hath given me is greater than all ; and no one is able to tear out of the Father ’s hand . * I and the Father are one . * The Jews again took up stones to stone him . * Jesus answered them , Many good works have I shown you from the Father ; for which of those works do ye stone me ? * The Jews answered him , Not for a good work do we stone thee , but for blasphemy , and because thou , who art a man , makest thyself God . * Jesus answered them , Is it not written in your Law , "I said , ye are gods "? * If he called them gods , to whom the word of God came , and the Scripture cannot be made void , * say ye of him whom the Father sanctified , and sent into the world , Thou blasphemest , because I said , I am the Son of God ? * If I do not the works of my Father , believe me not . * But if I do them , though ye believe not me , believe the works ; that ye may learn and know that the Father is in me , and I in the Father . * They sought therefore to seize him ; and he went forth out of their hands . * And he went away again beyond the Jordan , to the place where John was at first baptizing ; and there he abode . * And many came to him , and said , John indeed wrought no sign ; but everything that John said of this man was true . * And many believed in him there .

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