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The thiefcomethnot,but for tosteal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am comethat they might havelife,and that they might have it more abundantly.
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Iam the goodshepherd: the goodshepherdgivethhislifefor the sheep.
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But he that is an hireling,andnot the shepherd,whoseown the sheeparenot,seeth the wolfcoming, andleaveth the sheep,andfleeth: and the wolfcatcheththem,andscattereth the sheep.
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Thehirelingfleeth, because he is an hireling,andcarethnotfor the sheep.
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Iam the goodshepherd,andknowmy sheep, and am knownofmine.
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As the Fatherknowethme, even soknowI the Father:and I lay downmylifefor the sheep.
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Andothersheep I have, whicharenotofthisfold: them alsoImustbring, and they shall hearmyvoice;and there shall beonefold, and oneshepherd.
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Therefore*doth my Fatherloveme,becauseI lay downmylife,that I might takeitagain.
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No mantakethitfromme,butIlayitdownofmyself. I havepower to layitdown, and I havepower to takeitagain.Thiscommandment have I receivedofmyFather.