I Am the Good Shepherd
1 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber.
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But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
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To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
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When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.
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1A stranger they will not follow, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers. ”
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This figure of speech Jesus
2used with them, but they
3did not understand what he was saying to them.
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So Jesus again said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you,
4I am the door of the sheep.
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All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.
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I am the door. If anyone enters by me,
5he will be saved and will go in and out and
6find pasture.