nsb John:10:1-21
nsb@John:10:1 @ »Truly I tell you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs up some other way is a thief and a robber.
nsb@John:10:2 @ »He who enters in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
nsb@John:10:3 @ »The doorkeeper opens to him and the sheep hear his voice. He calls his sheep by name and leads them.
nsb@John:10:4 @ »When all of his own are out he leads them. The sheep follow him for they know his voice.
nsb@John:10:5 @ »They will not follow a stranger but will flee from him. They do not know the voice of a stranger.«
nsb@John:10:6 @ They did not understand this illustration Jesus spoke to them.
nsb@John:10:7 @ Jesus explained: »I am the door of the sheep.
nsb@John:10:8 @ »Thieves and robbers came in place of me but the sheep did not listen to them.
nsb@John:10:9 @ »I am the door. If any man enters through me he will be saved. He will go in and out and find pasture.
nsb@John:10:10 @ »The thief comes to steal, and kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.
nsb@John:10:11 @ »I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
nsb@John:10:12 @ »The hired man owns no sheep. He is not the shepherd. He sees the wolf coming and abandons the sheep. The wolf snatches them, and scatters them.
nsb@John:10:13 @ »He leaves because he is a hired man and does not care for the sheep.
nsb@John:10:14 @ »I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and my own know me.
nsb@John:10:15 @ Just as the Father knows me I know the Father! I lay down my life for the sheep.
nsb@John:10:16 @ »I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I will also bring them. They will hear my voice and they will become one flock, one shepherd.
nsb@John:10:17 @ »The Father loves me. Therefore I lay down my life and I take it back again.
nsb@John:10:18 @ »No one takes it away from me, but I lay it down voluntarily. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it again. I have received this commandment from my Father.«
nsb@John:10:19 @ The Jews were again divided because of what Jesus said.
nsb@John:10:20 @ Many of them said: »He has a demon and is mad. Why listen to him?«
nsb@John:10:21 @ Others said: »These are not the sayings of one possessed with a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?«
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