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- "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbs up some other way, he is a thief and a robber.
- "But he who enters by the door is a 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.
- "When he puts forth all his own, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice.
- "A stranger they simply will not follow, but will flee from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers."
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- This figure of speech Jesus spoke to them, but they did not understand what those things were which He had been saying to them.
- So Jesus said to them again, "Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.
- "All who came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them.
- "I am the door; if anyone enters through Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.
- "The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.
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- "I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.
- "He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who is not the owner of the sheep, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them.
- "He flees because he is a hired hand and is not concerned about the sheep.
- "I am the good shepherd, and I know My own and My own know Me,
- even as the Father knows Me and I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep.
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- "I have other sheep, which are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will hear My voice; and they will become one flock with one shepherd.
- "For this reason the Father loves Me, because I lay down My life so that I may take it again.
- "No one has taken it away from Me, but I lay it down on My own initiative I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again This commandment I received from My Father."
- A division occurred again among the Jews because of these words.
- Many of them were saying, "He has a demon and is insane. Why do you listen to Him?"
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- Others were saying, "These are not the sayings of one demon-possessed A demon cannot open the eyes of the blind, can he?"
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