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"Most assuredly, 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.
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But one who enters in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
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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.
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Whenever he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.
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They will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him; for they don't know the voice of strangers."
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Yeshua spoke this parable to them, but they didn't understand what he was telling them.
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Yeshua therefore said to them again, "Most assuredly, I tell you, I am the sheep's door.
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All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep didn't listen to them.