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john 10
1 - "Most certainly, I tell you, one who doesn't enter by the door into the sheep fold, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
2 - But one who enters in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
3 - The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out.
4 - Whenever he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.
5 - They will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him; for they don't know the voice of strangers."
6 - Jesus spoke this parable to them, but they didn't understand what he was telling them.
7 - Jesus therefore said to them again,"Most certainly, I tell you, I am the sheep's door.
8 - All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep didn't listen to them.
9 - I am the door. If anyone enters in by me, he will be saved, and will go in and go out, and will find pasture.
10 - The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.
11 - I am the good shepherd.Isaiah 40:11; Ezekiel 34:11-12,15,22The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
12 - He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who doesn't own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, leaves the sheep, and flees. The wolf snatches the sheep, and scatters them.
13 - The hired hand flees because he is a hired hand, and doesn't care for the sheep.
14 - I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and I'm known by my own;
15 - even as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. I lay down my life for the sheep.
16 - I have other sheep, which are not of this fold.Isaiah 56:8I must bring them also, and they will hear my voice. They will become one flock with one shepherd.
17 - Therefore the Father loves me, because I lay down my life,Isaiah 53:7-8that I may take it again.
18 - No one takes it away from me, but I lay it down by myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. I received this commandment from my Father."
19 - Therefore a division arose again among the Jews because of these words.
20 - Many of them said, "He has a demon, and is insane! Why do you listen to him?"
21 - Others said, "These are not the sayings of one possessed by a demon. It isn't possible for a demon to open the eyes of the blind, is it?"Exodus 4:11
22 - It was the Feast of the Dedication at Jerusalem.
23 - It was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple, in Solomon's porch.
24 - The Jews therefore came around him and said to him, "How long will you hold us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly."
25 - Jesus answered them,"I told you, and you don't believe. The works that I do in my Father's name, these testify about me.
26 - But you don't believe, because you are not of my sheep, as I told you.
27 - My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
28 - I give eternal life to them. They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.
29 - My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all. No one is able to snatch them out of my Father's hand.
