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ThensaidJesus unto themagain,Verily,verily, I say unto you*, Iam the door of the sheep.
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All that evercamebeforemearethievesandrobbers:but the sheepdidnothearthem.
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Iam the door:bymeif any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go inandout, andfindpasture.
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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.